No beating around the bush about birds and bees
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Talking about sex is something that can be an uphill struggle in China but Hu Jiawei, a 26-year-old educator, seeks to break the silence of sex education for children.
Sex is often a subject too intimidating or taboo for educators to address, due to the country鈥檚 traditional reticence on the topic.
鈥淲hat is terrifying is not sex nor sex education but the public鈥檚 misunderstanding,鈥 said Hu, co-founder of Baohudoudou, a sex education company based in the city of Wuxi in the eastern Jiangsu Province.
The brainchildren of Hu鈥檚 team 鈥 from cute cartoons, puppet dramas and picture books to toys and interesting courses 鈥 have imparted to children secrets of life and sex-related knowledge and made Hu a rising star in the country鈥檚 sex education field.
His three speech videos have been viewed online more than 1.5 million times, attracting 720,000 parents nationwide.
Hu and his team partner were included on Forbes China 2017 edition of its annual 鈥30 Under 30 China鈥 list, featuring young innovators, entrepreneurs and leaders who are challenging conventions and making an impact in the world.
Having studied food quality and safety, Hu never expected that he would devote himself to sex education. However, a two-day training course with the themes of contraception and prevention on sexually transmitted diseases like AIDS accidentally changed his mind eight years ago.
鈥淚 was kind of embarrassed but the fun-filled contents and teaching method impressed me,鈥 Hu recalled. He set up a volunteer team to spread what he had learned to college students and the team began to offer sex education to children from 2013.
No doubt, they had a tough start. His team called nearly every primary schools in Wuxi, willing to offer courses on sex education but was rejected by most of them.
鈥淭hey wouldn鈥檛 even let us inside when schools heard the topic 鈥榮ex-ed鈥 and few attended our free courses in schools and residential communities,鈥 he said.
It was not until 2014 that a school accepted the team鈥檚 offer. What was more surprising was that the school鈥檚 dean even praised their meaningful work in an e-mail after the course.
For Hu, sex education includes education on gender, value, physiology, psychology as well as self-protection.
鈥淐hildren can learn about the ... difference between boys and girls like how their bodies will change during adolescence.鈥
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