Press Trust of India Posted online: Monday, November 20, 2006 at 1129 hours IST
Beijing, November 20: A school in Central China has launched a 'safe' website for sex education for its students, a move welcomed by parents, who are shy to discuss the taboo subject.
No 15 Middle School in Changsha, capital of Hunan Province launched the first website in the province to provide students with advice on sex and reproductive health.
"Sex topics, often too difficult for the Chinese teachers and parents to broach in the past, can be discussed with experts available for students on-line queries," Vice-Director of the school's Teaching Affairs Department, Zhang Tao said.
The website, including both text and pictures, covers sexual psychology, physiology, morality and law.
"Unlike some other websites which may spread obscene information, it is safe to visit the school website," she said.
The websites are welcomed both by students and their parents.
Zhou, a student's mother, said, "I support the school's sex education and believe the website is 'healthy' as it is run by the school." Students said they felt comfortable with such websites.
"It's convenient if we want to search for information as we can e-mail experts and talk to them on-line. We don't feel embarrassed since it's all about scientific knowledge", a student said.
Many Chinese students are too embarrassed to ask teachers about sex in public since it is taboo in traditional Chinese culture.
