"If you have sexual urges, you should avoid sexy badminton clothes" Controversy over sex education textbooks
Aug 28, 2024
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According to foreign media such as the New York Times and The Straits News, Hong Kong education authorities recently released sex education materials for first to third graders in middle school.
This sex education material is 70 pages long and includes a worksheet for adolescents and instructions for teachers.
According to the contents, premarital sex should be avoided when they cannot be responsible for the outcome of pregnancy, and the limit setting of physical contact in the early stages of dating, self-control, and resistance to pornography should be developed.
He also explained that in order to suppress sexual impulses in general, publications or mass media that stimulate them should be avoided.
There is also advice to avoid 'sexy clothes' that can lead to visual stimulation.
In particular, it included a recommendation that 'Play badminton in the gym' to avoid sexual impulses and call attention.
When the contents of the textbook became known, criticism poured out online that `outdated thinking.'
Some of them have even introduced a slang term 'between friends who play badminton'.
Education experts pointed out that the guidelines were irresponsible.
Diana Kwok, a professor of gender studies at the Hong Kong College of Education, told the South China Morning Post that `The need for authorities to control sexual development should not be emphasized, but instead teach young people how to face or understand sexual development," he stressed.
The Women's Sexual Violence Countermeasures Group also added that `It is very wrong to teach the idea that someone's choice of clothes could 'visually stimulate' sexual assault or cause sexual assault.'
In response, Education Minister Christine Choi refuted that the textbook was made for middle school students aged 12 to 14, saying, `The goal is to protect them.'
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