In most of Chinese elementary school, there are many Ideological and Moral Cultivation Courses, but less courses to teach children on utilizing their rights to protect themselves according to laws and regulations. In traditional Chinese culture, sex is base and ugly. Sure it is not easy, but things have changed gradually. The young parents are more open-minded. More books teaching parents the proper way to give sex education.
Sometimes the parents are willing to tell, but they do not know how. The thing is, do Chinese parents feel comfortable having their children accept sex education at such an early age? Some may see this as a cause for the death of innocent childhood? Children can get this information on the internet any time. The parents have to make themselves comfortable to give children sex education, otherwise they will leave the children alone to choose what kind of information is right and useful. We should count on schools and teachers then.
If parents are ashamed of giving children sex education, the teachers are the ones we should count on. They have the knowledge and they have been trained. They know the proper and scientific way to give children this kind of knowledge. The problem is the current education system does not value the importance of sex education.
We have the books in junior high, but the schools normally cancil the class teaching them. Now there have been some improvements that the girls and boys are seperated to take the course. Child sexual abuse could cast a shadow on victims for their whole life. It was reported that victims in China and their families lack counselling and somewhere to go to find help.
Even worse, some victims and their families find themselves being discriminated and alienated by their neighbors and other acquaintances. Yes, the situation is quite true. I think the most efficient way to provide help to those victims is to set up special organization for them funded by the government or social charity. We do not have this kind of institution here in China and we do not encourage victims to seek help from outside.
