[Sexual Physiology]

The time zone of "premature puberty" is stable

It is common to hear people around you saying "Today's children mature prematurely." From a global perspective, the overall trend of adolescent sexual and physiological development, marked by sexual maturity, is forward. Judging from the comparison of three surveys conducted by the research team, the sexual and physiological development of urban adolescents in my country is consistent with the overall international trend.

Menarche and menarche are the main signs of physiological maturity of boys and girls. Between 1989 and 1999, these two indicators were advanced by a large margin for boys and girls in my country. A 2004 survey showed that boys' age at first menstruation has not advanced much, while girls' age at menarche has even been slightly delayed. Overall, it has basically stabilized at over 13 years old and over 12 years old.

Wei Lili, a member of the research team, said that the general improvement in urban material living standards is the "catalyst" for the early sexual and physiological development of urban teenagers. From 1989 to 1999, people's living standards improved greatly. At the same time, the special status of the only child allowed the family's "nutrition" to be poured into the child. However, in recent years, people's living standards have stabilized, and parents have paid more attention not to giving their children health supplements as they did in previous years, but to scientific parenting, which will help their children's sexual and physiological development time gradually stabilize.

[Sexual Psychology]

The child is not as mature as expected

The emergence of secondary characteristics is a sign of the beginning of puberty, and it is also the reason why puberty has become a sensitive period. The changes that occur in the body overnight can produce intense reactions deep inside boys and girls.

Compared with five or ten years ago, adolescent education for teenagers in our country has been greatly popularized, especially in big cities such as Shanghai and Beijing. Students have special adolescent education courses starting from junior high schools to tell them the differences between boys and girls. . There are several surprising data in this survey. With the increase in the popularity of education in adolescence, compared with ten years ago, although there is a slight increase in the number of boys and girls who are "mentally prepared and not panicked", more people face it. Still panic about first period and menarche.

In this regard, Professor Yang Xiong said that we should not imagine that today's children are very mature, because compared with sexual and physiological development, sexual and psychological development is still relatively lagging behind. Children will be helpless when facing major physical changes. At this time, they need help from parents, teachers or classmates.

[Sex Education]

The "Highlight" of Life Education

The Shanghai Municipal Education Commission requires life education to be carried out for primary and secondary school students and issued the "Life Education Guidance Outline". Life education is an educational activity that helps students understand life, appreciate life, respect life, cherish life, and improve survival skills and quality of life.

Sex education, mental health education, anti-drug education, AIDS prevention education, legal education, etc. are all important components.

Relevant sex education content in the "Outline"

Junior high school: Focus on helping and guiding students to understand the physiological and psychological development characteristics of adolescence. The focus of the educational content is to understand the structure of the human body and the functions of various organs, the birth process and the role of chromosomes in determining genetic characteristics; to understand the physiological phenomena of adolescence and to understand sexual differences. Learn to use appropriate methods to protect yourself from sexual harm and sexual harassment; learn to refuse other people’s sexual requests; and have a preliminary understanding of contraceptive methods.

High school: Focus on helping and guiding students to form scientific and reasonable sexual physiology, sexual psychology and sexual ethics; cultivate a sense of responsibility for marriage and family. The focus of the educational content: understand and abide by the moral norms of heterosexual interactions, and learn to properly handle and understand emotional issues and value issues in relationships between the sexes. Understand the reproductive process and contraceptive methods, and recognize the physical and mental harm of abortion. Learn to respond appropriately to sexual assault.

[View of Love]

Surge in dating and decrease in sexual activity

You can see a couple in movie theaters, subways, bus stations, parks... many places For middle school students embracing each other, whether covertly or openly, in short, "falling in love" is something that happens around them or to themselves.

“There are not many people in our school who are officially in love, but there are some male and female students who socialize outside of school and often go on dates.” Xiao Ye, a second-year junior high school girl, said. She often goes out with boyfriends who are one level above her. Kissing and hugging are commonplace. But when it comes to intimate sex, Xiao Ye shakes her head: "I will definitely not agree to it now. I don't want to be a teenage mother!"

This survey also shows that although the number of boys and girls who believe that they can have sex before marriage has increased, the proportion is not high. More than 70% of girls believe that they should remain chaste before marriage. The research team believes that in the current context of the gradual popularization of adolescent education, the most critical thing is to improve the quality of adolescent sex education. Carry out open sex education in an open environment and adhere to the "three appropriateness" principles of appropriateness, moderation and moderation.

[Sexual knowledge]

Knowing "contraception" but not "fetal position"

The origin of life is the basic theme of adolescent education. Judging from the previous two surveys, urban teenagers' understanding of the birth process has improved. However, the results of this latest survey are not optimistic. The accuracy rate of the question "Where does the fetus grow?" has dropped significantly for both men and women, especially in the future. For girls who are likely to be mothers, the accuracy rate has dropped by about 18 percentage points since 1999.

Professor Yang Xiong said that the students surveyed also had a high error rate when answering the question "Indicate the parts of the genitals." However, many students are very clear about various contraceptive methods, from condoms to birth control pills, from safe periods to in vitro ejaculation, and the awareness rate of both boys and girls has increased.

What you should know, you don’t know, sexual knowledge has become adult” is the comment given by the experts of the research team. They believe that although puberty education has been popularized, efforts are still needed to attract children’s interest. A boy in the first grade of high school He told reporters that every time he went to school for puberty classes, he felt embarrassed and wanted to skip class. His classmates often made jokes because of some sensitive words mentioned in class, but they occasionally read some more revealing magazines. , the movie "Self-Study".

However, most students are satisfied with the adolescent education courses in schools, and surveys also show that compared with previous years, school courses have become the main way for teenagers to obtain sexual knowledge. This article comes from adult.6kmall.com and is published by netizens. This site only quotes it for reference. It does not mean that this site agrees with the views of the article. If you think that the content and intellectual property rights of this article infringe upon your interests, please contact us. Contact.