Sex from students' perspectives

When it comes to sex education, an appropriate communication approach is paramount

Published: 5 Mar 2013 at 00.00
Newspaper section: Life

Teaching girls to put on a condom - using cucumbers as substitutes - can be awkward at first. But as part of the plan, university students guide school children through the process. Teen love is hard, and teen sex, if it ever comes to that, is much harder.

When Mantana Tienchaitat was 15 and decided to start a relationship with a boy, she was bombarded with questions and protests not just from her parents, but also her teachers.

''They kept telling me I was not ready to have a boyfriend. I understood then that they were worried about me but does this make sense in reality?'' she said.

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cleardawn
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Discussion 3 : 07 Mar 2013 at 12.053
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How interesting that Thailand has one of the world's highest teenage pregnancy rates, and also one of the world's most sexually repressed societies. Countries with lower (better) teenage pregnancy rates include Sweden, Norway, France and Germany, where teenagers are given full sex education, including explicit discussion of pornography and sex toys. All this is legal, taxed, and well-managed. If Thailand wants to reduce its teenage pregnancy rates, the road to follow is straightforward: Improve sex education, legalize and tax pornography and sex toys, and legalize, license and regularly inspect the brothels found in every Thai town.
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Discussion 2 : 07 Mar 2013 at 07.442
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Finally, a common sense program to give information about a topic of great interest to teens. Getting rid of misinformation and ignorance is primary. Ignorance is the most dangerous thing in the world. There is no necessity for teen pregnancy to alter two or more lives in a negative way. Information allows us to make more intelligent decisions instead of acting out of emotion alone.
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Discussion 1 : 05 Mar 2013 at 15.251
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A great and necessary initiative, but one I fear will be stopped by the morality police because it is "un-Thai".
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