|
China planning first nationwide survey on women's sex lives
August 24, 2004
Beijing - China's communist leaders are easing their official prudishness about
sexuality, and carrying out the first nationwide survey on women's sex lives.
The 2004 China Female Sex Survey will ask respondents how often they have sex,
whether they've had extramarital affairs and other questions, the official
Xinhua News Agency said Tuesday.
The survey will be carried out among women who visit a popular Chinese Web
site, Sina.com, the report said, adding that participants must be over age 21.
The survey by the government's Institute of Sexology and the Chinese Medical
Association reflects growing openness about sex - and concern about potential
problems from widespread ignorance about sexually transmitted diseases and
other issues.
"The aim of the survey is to find out the status of Chinese women's sex life,
analyze their sexual behaviors and psychology and provide sexual knowledge and
advice for them,'' Xinhua said, citing Ma Xiaonian, a researcher at the
institute.
China suppressed public discussion of sexuality in the first decades after its
1949 communist revolution.
But the country has undergone a limited sexual revolution as social controls
have been relaxed over the past two decades, with a rise in prostitution,
extramarital sex and teenage sexuality.
The government has begun to talk openly about the spread of AIDS through
China's thriving sex trade, and state media express concern about teenage
pregnancy and other problems.
Chinese researchers have carried out more limited studies on sexuality since
the 1980s.
In one study a decade ago, Ma found that 50 percent of Chinese women don't have
orgasms during sex, Xinhua said.
Copyright 1999-2004, AsianSexGazette.com. All rights reserved. No
content may be reproduced in whole or part without written permission.
Please contact us via the link below for re-print and syndication policies.
|
|
 |
