A majority of students on the campus of the People University of
China said they were not annoyed when being surveyed on sex and
they poised to receive brochures on related topics, Monday's China
Youth Daily reported.
The state family planning publicity center started its first
anti-AIDS tour in higher learning institutions last week.
Although some shy students hesitated to answer those embarrassing
questions, most of their peers responded positively.
A
male student said after the survey that what he knew about sex were
all from TV and books. "Teachers seldom come across the issue and
few of my friends would like to talk about it," he was quoted as
saying.
He
said he was happy to see so many people are actually concerned
about AIDS and sex education. He admitted it was a good for himself
and his peers. The student has got pamphlets on condom,
contraception and how to avoid unhealthy sex. A lot of his
schoolmates opened the pamphlets right away while some just put
them in their satchels.
Bill boards containing pictures and books set up on major roads of
the campus have attracted not only young students thirsty for the
knowledge, but also their teachers.
A
forty-year-old psychology teacher said the face-to-face publicity
is good to arouse the public awareness of healthy sex as the
prevailing textbooks seem lagged behind the developing
situation.
(Xinhua News
Agency November 12, 2001)