An article on the polarized reactions over a Chinese campus sex education BBS at China Daily caught my eye.

An excerpt:

Eden, while initiated early in 2000, could go online four years later due to strong disapproval from certain factions under the banner of a “healthy campus environment.”

Braving a storm of criticism on Eden, which was distorted by those “ultra-conservatives” as a minefield possibly blurring the line between sex education and porn, “Little Z” (online nickname for the moderator) executed forcefully his campus site administrative power to formally set forth the BBS.

Little Z (online nickname) would never forget Eden’s opening day on July 1, 2004 as many fellow students gave a thumbs-up up at his courage, showed him their sincere attitude, and wished him great success.

He set the tone of a good-will sex education for Eden while at the same time clearly listing several don’ts, such as porn, nude and sexually arousing pics, sex-related products, and “lonely heart” (dating) ads.

To further improve the BBS, Little Z worked out a set of 3,000-word Eden rules, which summoned students to discuss sex with a scientific approach, to establish a healthy sex mentality, and to extinguish sex misunderstandings.

“Such a sex education fortress is long overdue,” posted a student alias A Fan. “Sex-related problems are unavoidable; only by confronting them openly can we handle them better.”

What I find interesting is that a university in an ultra-conservative country like China has something like this, while such resources are absent in universities of less conservative countries.

Well, let’s see. Which universities in South-East Asian countries have something like this? I know Malaysia and Singapore probably do not.

But of course, correct me if I’m wrong. After all, such resources would probably attract little publicity and would be out of the public’s eye unless a news report (like this) comes out.