This text discusses subjects such as sexual activity, contraception and disease, abortion, homosexuality, prostitution, pornography and how these subjects are viewed in various countries. In China, a high value is placed on female virginity. Women are seen as possessions, sex objects and reproductive tools. Even though premarital intercourse is denounced, other sexual activities are widely practiced and accepted. Only 13 percent of married couples have made love in the nude.
Older people see sexual freedom as a threat to social stability.
Since the one-child policy was adopted, the drug RU486 was approved and made available on demand. Ten million abortions are performed annually in China. If the prenatal exam shows the child is abnormal, the law requires abortion. China's first sex education course started in 1988. There is almost no formal sex education, and people turn to pornography or approved marriage manuals for information.