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Syirin Junisya Mohd Ali, the executive director of the Federation of Reproductive Health Associations Malaysia, said the situation was a “prime example” of the need to revamp the way youngsters view sex and deal with fantasies.
“The fact that they were heavily exposed to porn shows there was no reliable, trusted and private avenue where they could safely seek guidance about the situation they were in,” she told FMT.
She urged the government to work on a better syllabus for sex education, saying it had spent years “shying away” from teaching young people how to deal with sexual and reproductive health issues.
She lauded Deputy Women, Family and Community Development Minister Hannah Yeoh for saying that her ministry and the education ministry would work on ways to see this initiative through.
“But it must not focus solely on abstinence.
“It should be a more comprehensive overview of issues which mirror the recently revised International Technical Guidance on Sexuality Education,” she said.
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