Vietnam sees the funny side of sex

Tamika Reynolds
November 6, 2009
3:38pm

According to the BBC article, Vietnam has been using jokes to talk about sex. The younger people and adults never felt comfortable talking about sex. A woman admits has a mother she would write it in a letter and give it to her child that talked about sex to her child. Vietnam is becoming more developed and more open than its previous standing. Vietnam is a conservative society. Now that it has a more open society the sexual behaviors of the society is changing. More and more young girls are having unmarried sex or sex before the age of consent. This is leading to an increase in HIV cases and more girls having abortion. So to help alleviate this problem the government has decided to start doing sex education in school. Surprisingly enough they are receiving positive feedback on this suggestion. The only people opposed are those who still uphold the traditional values. However experts believe that this sexual education would be most beneficial because there are a lot of gender stereotypes and they hope that by educating young people than both partners can have a healthy and satisfying relationship.

I totally agree with this article. I think that the change in sexual behavior is due to globalization and merging traditions and values. In America, many people still have these gender unequal ideals. So I think this is a good thing to have education in schools because possible over time these views will change as new generations take over. I think it was really funny reading one part of the article that said men believe it’s okay and normal for a man to have partners before marriage but will not marry a woman who has lost her virginity to sex. Ridiculous! First of all how else are you going lose your virginity? Secondly, when men having premarital sex and then leave that woman to marry a virgin, what are the women who have had sex with this men going to do? This leaves a bitter taste in my mouth. I hope sexual education will change the hearts of these men or at least better educate these women to protect themselves from future predators.

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