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parents will not give their children positive answers to the questions about sex and<br />
teachers have generally chosen to avoid the topic at school. When children grow, it<br />
is inevitable for them to develop various thoughts and interest about sex. If the<br />
grown-up are not able to provide proper guidance to them, the children, misled by<br />
the bad ideas, may form deviant behaviors on gender relations.<br />
A survey taken by 900 undergraduate college students in Chongqing showed that<br />
about 86% <strong>of</strong> the boys obtained their sex knowledge from non-scientific sex books<br />
and illegal publications, and only 1% <strong>of</strong> the girls have read scientific books on sex.<br />
Chen told us that only three universities, South China Normal <strong>University</strong>, South<br />
China <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> Technology, and <strong>PKU</strong>, have opened a sexual-education course.<br />
There are still a large number <strong>of</strong> students desiring for the proper guidance to obtain<br />
the scientific sexual-knowledge.<br />
The start <strong>of</strong> sexual-education in China was not very late. In the early <strong>of</strong> 20th century,<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>. Zhang Jingsheng <strong>of</strong> the Department <strong>of</strong> Philosophy <strong>of</strong> <strong>PKU</strong> used to teach<br />
students sexual psychology and esthetics, and organized the associations <strong>of</strong><br />
esthetics and sex in the meantime. He was the first man to promote<br />
sexual-education in China in the 20th century. Then, the famous writer Lu Xun also<br />
tried to promote the development <strong>of</strong> sexual-education. The development <strong>of</strong><br />
sexual-education came to a climax when Mr. Pan Guangdan translated the book <strong>of</strong><br />
―Sexual Psychology‖ and introduced it into China. However, we did not hand on this<br />
tradition for some historical and environmental constraints <strong>of</strong> that time. Especially in<br />
the mainland <strong>of</strong> China, the development <strong>of</strong> sexual-education was delayed to the<br />
1980s, far behind the West.<br />
Recently, the sexual-education in China has developed a little faster than before.<br />
The Center <strong>of</strong> Moral Education <strong>of</strong> the Education and Youth Affairs Bureau <strong>of</strong> Macao<br />
and the Family Planning Association <strong>of</strong> Hong Kong co-organized the lectures <strong>of</strong><br />
―Sexual-education at Campus: How to Carry out Sexual-education‖ and ―The<br />
Communication <strong>of</strong> Love: How to Help the Children Develop a Healthy Gender<br />
Relations‖ in order to find the ways to help the youth develop healthy gender<br />
relations through simple explanation and practical examples. The Gansu STD &<br />
AIDS Prevention Education Advisory Station, the first sexual-education base <strong>of</strong><br />
China, has been set up recently in Lanzhou. There will be 24 primary schools, high<br />
schools, and colleges opening sexual-education course as experimental schools in<br />
Shenzhen. On February 12, Yunnan TV broadcasted a program <strong>of</strong> ―Discussion <strong>of</strong><br />
People‘s Life‖ to discuss if the love course could be opened at high school. This<br />
program was cut for several times because <strong>of</strong> its sensitive topics.<br />
<strong>北京大学</strong>英语新闻网/<strong>Peking</strong> <strong>University</strong> <strong>News</strong> Pr<strong>of</strong>. Chen Shouliang: Current Chinese College Students‘ Sexual-education Unsatisfactory <strong>PKU</strong> NEWS 2010--04—19 http://ennews.pku.edu.cn/news.php?s=270408855 <strong>Peking</strong> <strong>University</strong>, Beijing, Apr. 19, 2010: On March 29, Pr<strong>of</strong>. Chen Shouliang, the well-known biology pr<strong>of</strong>essor from the School <strong>of</strong> Life Sciences at <strong>Peking</strong> <strong>University</strong>, pointed out during his lecture at <strong>PKU</strong> that the current condition <strong>of</strong> the Chinese college students‘ sexual-education is far from being satisfactory. He said: ―As far as I know, there is not one college in Beijing which has opened this kind <strong>of</strong> sexual-education classes, including my alma mater–Tsinghua <strong>University</strong>.‖ He expressed that the recent atmosphere <strong>of</strong> the society is not good enough that people generally treat sex as a taboo. He hoped that <strong>PKU</strong>‘s public elective course <strong>of</strong> ―Human Reproduction and Sexual Health‖ could inspire other colleges to provide this kind <strong>of</strong> course. When talking about the reasons for opening this course at <strong>PKU</strong>, Chen told us that the sexual-education was a forbiddance for the youth when he was young. He thought he was lucky enough to read the book <strong>of</strong> ―Sexual Psychology‖ translated by Mr. Pan Guangdan in 1947. Before his retirement, Chen decided to fight for the opening <strong>of</strong> this course to give the correct understanding about sex to the youth for their health. However, it is a pity that few teachers are willing to give lessons in the course. Chen graduated from the Department <strong>of</strong> Biology <strong>of</strong> <strong>PKU</strong>, and has taught the courses <strong>of</strong> ―Animal Physiology‖ and ―Human Biology‖. In 1995, he opened the public elective course <strong>of</strong> ―Human Reproduction and Sexual Health‖ at <strong>PKU</strong> for the first time, and wrote the first teaching book for sexual-education–―Human Sex, Generation, and Health‖ by himself, in order to give scientific knowledge about sex to the <strong>PKU</strong> undergraduates. Since 1995, the course has developed very fast that it has become a public elective course. According to the students, the course is so popular that more than 500 students choose this course every semester. Due to the special cultural traditions and the political policies at specific historical periods in China, the topic <strong>of</strong> sex has become such a taboo that both families and schools have treated sexual-education with negative attitudes. At home, most 50
<strong>北京大学</strong>英语新闻网/<strong>Peking</strong> <strong>University</strong> <strong>News</strong> parents will not give their children positive answers to the questions about sex and teachers have generally chosen to avoid the topic at school. When children grow, it is inevitable for them to develop various thoughts and interest about sex. If the grown-up are not able to provide proper guidance to them, the children, misled by the bad ideas, may form deviant behaviors on gender relations. A survey taken by 900 undergraduate college students in Chongqing showed that about 86% <strong>of</strong> the boys obtained their sex knowledge from non-scientific sex books and illegal publications, and only 1% <strong>of</strong> the girls have read scientific books on sex. Chen told us that only three universities, South China Normal <strong>University</strong>, South China <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> Technology, and <strong>PKU</strong>, have opened a sexual-education course. There are still a large number <strong>of</strong> students desiring for the proper guidance to obtain the scientific sexual-knowledge. The start <strong>of</strong> sexual-education in China was not very late. In the early <strong>of</strong> 20th century, Pr<strong>of</strong>. Zhang Jingsheng <strong>of</strong> the Department <strong>of</strong> Philosophy <strong>of</strong> <strong>PKU</strong> used to teach students sexual psychology and esthetics, and organized the associations <strong>of</strong> esthetics and sex in the meantime. He was the first man to promote sexual-education in China in the 20th century. Then, the famous writer Lu Xun also tried to promote the development <strong>of</strong> sexual-education. The development <strong>of</strong> sexual-education came to a climax when Mr. Pan Guangdan translated the book <strong>of</strong> ―Sexual Psychology‖ and introduced it into China. However, we did not hand on this tradition for some historical and environmental constraints <strong>of</strong> that time. Especially in the mainland <strong>of</strong> China, the development <strong>of</strong> sexual-education was delayed to the 1980s, far behind the West. Recently, the sexual-education in China has developed a little faster than before. The Center <strong>of</strong> Moral Education <strong>of</strong> the Education and Youth Affairs Bureau <strong>of</strong> Macao and the Family Planning Association <strong>of</strong> Hong Kong co-organized the lectures <strong>of</strong> ―Sexual-education at Campus: How to Carry out Sexual-education‖ and ―The Communication <strong>of</strong> Love: How to Help the Children Develop a Healthy Gender Relations‖ in order to find the ways to help the youth develop healthy gender relations through simple explanation and practical examples. The Gansu STD & AIDS Prevention Education Advisory Station, the first sexual-education base <strong>of</strong> China, has been set up recently in Lanzhou. There will be 24 primary schools, high schools, and colleges opening sexual-education course as experimental schools in Shenzhen. On February 12, Yunnan TV broadcasted a program <strong>of</strong> ―Discussion <strong>of</strong> People‘s Life‖ to discuss if the love course could be opened at high school. This program was cut for several times because <strong>of</strong> its sensitive topics. Edited By : Connie Chang Translated By : Su Juan Source : <strong>PKU</strong> <strong>News</strong> (Chinese) 51
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