Women marry before the age of 26. Arranged marriages are becoming rare. The subject of teenage sex in Korea is slowly emerging. Sex education is now in most junior high and high schools, but parents have a difficult time explaining the birds and the bees to teens. A significant difference is the lack of information centers and resources for teens needing help with sexuality and pregnancy issues.
American teens have much more sex information at their fingertips.
Their parents and grandparents are more varied in their opinions. While some praise America for its assistance in the Korean War, others resent America for its culture and expanding influence on the younger generation. Talk Back Contents copyright 1999 - 2001 Planned Parenthood Federation of America. All rights reserved. Click here to see our Code of Conduct .