Sexual Health
High incidence of borderline sexual behavior among middle school students? How Parents Properly Provide Sexual Education to Their Children
A survey of 2439 middle school students from 32 schools in Beijing showed that the vast majority of middle school students' answers failed. Among them, the proportion of holding hands is highest when boys are 16 years old and girls are 17 years old. At the age of 17, the highest proportion of kissing and sexual activity occur.
With the arrival of adolescence, the sexual physiology of middle school students gradually develops and matures. How well do they master their knowledge of sexual physiology?
Boys score higher than girls
Knowledge related to sexual physiological development, including sexual physiology, contraception, sexual hygiene, sexually transmitted diseases, etc. 83.6% of middle school students have an accuracy rate of below 60% in answering questions.
From 13 to 17 years old, it is the growth period for middle school students, and it is also a period when their understanding of sexual knowledge gradually increases. Overall, boys have higher scores in sexual physiology knowledge than girls. Although girls are more likely to receive family assistance in terms of physiological and health knowledge during adolescence, it is limited to this. Most parents do not involve much knowledge related to physiological development and reproductive health. At this stage, boys may have limited sexual knowledge from their families, but through peer communication and some websites, they can gain more knowledge that their parents are ashamed to teach. Boys' interest in sexual knowledge significantly increases between the ages of 13 and 14, reaching its peak at the age of 17.
High incidence of borderline behavior
The traditional definition of sexual activity refers to the direct occurrence of sexual activity. According to the characteristics of middle school students, sexual behaviors related to sex are referred to as borderline behavior, audio-visual contact behavior, etc. in the survey.
Marginal sexual behaviors such as holding hands and kissing are preludes to direct sexual behavior, and the probability of direct sexual behavior can be predicted through investigation. The incidence of borderline behavior among middle school students increases with age, and holding hands is a relatively common borderline behavior, approaching 20.95%; The second is kissing, accounting for 11.02%; Again, it was sexual caressing, accounting for 2.87%. Among them, the proportion of holding hands is highest when boys are 16 years old and girls are 17 years old. At the age of 17, the highest proportion of kissing and sexual activity occur.
At present, the abortion rate among teenage girls is relatively high, but 92.9% of students fail to answer contraceptive knowledge, and 45.8% of middle school students have no knowledge. 58.8% of middle school students have a level of understanding of sexually transmitted diseases below 40 points, of which 33.1% have little knowledge about sexually transmitted diseases.
Audiovisual contact behavior cannot be ignored