Investigation on the Sex Education Status of Children in Minority’ Areas—Take Dehong Dai Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture as an Example

Yunyan Shao,Jiaojiao Guo,Dan Luo

doi:10.22158/jetss.v2n2p21

Abstract

In order to grasp the actual situation of sex education of ethnic minority children in the border areas, this study takes children as the main object to understand the situation of sex education. 140 children aged 9-12 years in Dehong Prefecture were investigated by questionnaire. Through investigation and research, it is found that ethnic minority children have a low level of cognition of sexual knowledge, and lack of knowledge of sexual morality and sexual psychology. From the perspective of ethnic distribution, Lisu and De’ang children are most concerned about sexual related physiological knowledge, while Dai children are less concerned about it. Ethnic minority children’s access to sexual education is mainly through media, family education and learning School education comes next. And boys are more willing to learn some sexual knowledge through their friends and classmates than girls. In family life, parents talk about sexual topics with their parents and children less frequently, but most children believe that parents can give them useful help in sex, and children are more inclined to consult their parents when facing sexual questions.

Highlights

In recent years, the frequent exposure of children’s sexual abuse has aroused widespread concern and discussion from all walks of life, and more and more attention has been paid to children’s sex education
From the perspective of ethnic distribution, Lisu and Deang children pay the most attention to sexually related physiological knowledge, while Dai children pay less attention. 3.2 Children’s Access to Sex Education Regarding the ways for children to receive sex education, “mobile phones, computers, televisions, radio, books” and “teaching by parents or elders in the family” have the highest probability of selection, respectively 59.29% and 40%, and again “school education”, it accounts for 38.57%
It can be found that minority children receive sex education mainly through the media, followed by family education and school education

Summary

Introduction

The frequent exposure of children’s sexual abuse has aroused widespread concern and discussion from all walks of life, and more and more attention has been paid to children’s sex education. Due to the unbalanced development of education level in China, there are great differences in the level of children’s education between urban areas and rural areas, Han concentrated areas and areas inhabited by ethnic minorities. On the basis of a large number of literature and related materials, it can be found that there is a lack of investigation and Research on the sexual education of ethnic minority children in China, which needs further exploration and research. Based on the literature review of Chinese children’s sex education, this study takes Dehong Dai Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture of Yunnan Province as an example to carry out an investigation and Research on the sex education of minority children. In order to further understand the behavior of ethnic minority children’s sexual questions and sex related behaviors in the family and their understanding of sex education knowledge, in order to better grasp the actual situation of ethnic minority children’s sex education, enrich and improve the education research for ethnic minority children, and provide a certain research basis for the development of ethnic minority children’s sex education

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