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jakeXT

(10,575 posts)
Thu Sep 12, 2013, 05:57 PM Sep 2013

Sex and the Chinese city: Classes help women shed taboos

(Reuters) - In an unmarked room at a three-star hotel in downtown Shanghai, Ma Li teaches small groups of Chinese women about a topic that traditionally has been taboo - sex.

The two-day tutorials are not cheap at 2,500 yuan ($410), more than half the average monthly wage in Shanghai. But a rising number of women are signing up for Ma's classes and similar sessions in other cities to learn about the anatomy, psychology and techniques of intimacy.

"I had absolutely no sex education at all. I thought adult male bodies look the same as baby boys'," said Sophia Hu, a 30-year-old lawyer. "I want to understand myself and the realities of sex."

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In 2011, a married couple in the city of Wuhan made the news for believing - for three years - that lying side-by-side on one bed would result in pregnancy. Only after a visit to the doctor did the couple, both college graduates, realize their failure to conceive was down to not having sex, Chinese media reported.

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http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/11/us-china-sex-idUSBRE98A0G720130911

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Sex and the Chinese city: Classes help women shed taboos (Original Post) jakeXT Sep 2013 OP
Oh my JustAnotherGen Sep 2013 #1

JustAnotherGen

(31,820 posts)
1. Oh my
Thu Sep 12, 2013, 06:31 PM
Sep 2013


In 2011, a married couple in the city of Wuhan made the news for believing - for three years - that lying side-by-side on one bed would result in pregnancy. Only after a visit to the doctor did the couple, both college graduates, realize their failure to conceive was down to not having sex, Chinese media reported.


That's sad. These women don't even know what an orgasm is.

So they don't teach basic sex Ed in China?
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