Hotline tackles sex issues
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December 5, 2010, Sunday
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ALTHOUGH Zhu Guangyu has been a psychological counselor for more than 20 years, he is still shocked at the number of young callers asking questions about sex.
Zhu is in charge of the Hotline for Teenagers' Mental Health in Heilongjiang Province, a government supported project.
Launched in July, the hotline has received 900 phone calls in the past four months. To Zhu's surprise, more than 200 calls were sex related.
A 12-year-old boy said he was addicted to porn websites, a 17-year-old boy said he kept having extreme sexual fantasies and an 18-year-old girl wanted to know if she could become pregnant even though she had two abortions, according to the hotline's telephone records.
"Almost 90 percent of the sex questions were raised by the callers, which means they are desperate to learn about sex, and proper education by parents and schools is missing," Zhu said.
Although China has begun to set up courses in elementary and high schools in big cities since the beginning of this century or even earlier, the results have been unsatisfactory.
"Some schools consider sex education classes as unhelpful for students trying to pass college entrance exams, and some teachers are too shy to discuss sexual matters," Zhu said.
Most Chinese parents also find it hard to talk about sex with their children.
Zhu is in charge of the Hotline for Teenagers' Mental Health in Heilongjiang Province, a government supported project.
Launched in July, the hotline has received 900 phone calls in the past four months. To Zhu's surprise, more than 200 calls were sex related.
A 12-year-old boy said he was addicted to porn websites, a 17-year-old boy said he kept having extreme sexual fantasies and an 18-year-old girl wanted to know if she could become pregnant even though she had two abortions, according to the hotline's telephone records.
"Almost 90 percent of the sex questions were raised by the callers, which means they are desperate to learn about sex, and proper education by parents and schools is missing," Zhu said.
Although China has begun to set up courses in elementary and high schools in big cities since the beginning of this century or even earlier, the results have been unsatisfactory.
"Some schools consider sex education classes as unhelpful for students trying to pass college entrance exams, and some teachers are too shy to discuss sexual matters," Zhu said.
Most Chinese parents also find it hard to talk about sex with their children.
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