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Parents are always hesitant to talk about how we came to this world. this the first step in our exploration of sexual knowledge.
Parents and schools should take responsibility for their children's sex education, yet it is frustrating that as a child growing up in China, I and my peers around me received little to no sex education.
Mothers and fathers shied away from talking about sex, and the government's push for sex education ended with schools withdrawing sex education textbooks because of parental opposition. Conservative parents have become the biggest barrier to children learning about sex.
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According to a report provided to the World Health Organization by Professor Xiang Ming of China Agricultural University.
9.5% of Chinese girls and 8% of Chinese boys have experienced some form of adult sexual abuse, which means that approximately one in ten minors has faced sexual abuse.
This data reveals a problem that has to be faced: there is no sex education in China.