Sex News in Asia - 1/23/12

This article first appeared on Good Vibrations Singapore.

Asia

• Asia awaits lunar year 'dragon baby' boom

Singapore

• On Child Prostitution, Human Trafficking and Poverty


• Forum letters on sex ed in Singapore




• Urging people to save themselves for marriage. A response is here.


• Why we shouldn't start sexuality education earlier




• A poster featuring a naughty message has scandalised some people from the Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus (CHIJ) schools in Singapore.


• Singapore Fringe Festival courts controversy


• Rong Sheng says his wife Kai Lynn shed a whopping 28kg so she could look her best on her wedding day


• Man jailed, caned for molesting woman


• Man fined for sending topless photos of ex-girlfriend to her family


• Ex-teacher jailed 8 years for sex with 14-year-old student


• All Singapore maternity hospitals to encourage breastfeeding


• Man jailed for sex without disclosing HIV status

Malaysia

• Anwar under fire for suggesting review of gay laws


• Man blackmailed after cyber sex session


• Rape ordeal for 24-year-old trainee


• Siblings disown mum after she cheated 8 men


• Cops: Porn not cause of crash


• The Court of Appeal has upheld the High Court's decision to award Information, Commun¬ications and Culture Minister Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim RM300,000 (S$123,420) in his defamation suit against blogger Amizudin Ahmat for implying that the minister was guilty of raping his Indonesian maid.

Korea

• North Korean defector jailed for raping fellow refugee

China

• Blogger-activist Liumang Yan turns prostitute for a day to speak up for sex workers


• Cross-dressing garbage collector wins national sympathy after fire


• Foreigner's search for lost love burns up Weibo


• Dragon Year spells nightmare for Hong Kong mums


• Taiwan's President Ma Ying-jeou on Thursday urged the island's couples to have more babies during the upcoming Year of the Dragon to help boost birth rates.


• China boyfriend for rent

Thailand

• The Appeals Court yesterday upheld a 37-year prison sentence for a Dutch man convicted of sexually molesting a 12-year-old boy.

Japan

• Shukan Post says that in days past one porn actress per 400 female high school and university students was a standard assumption — a figure that represents roughly one woman per graduating class.

Nepal

• Taboos Undercut Nepal's Marital Rape Law

Vietnam

• Vietnam's first film to openly feature love and intimacy between gay men is helping to change attitudes in a country where homosexuality is often seen either as a disease or a source of ridicule.


• Can an LGBT Film Help Change Attitudes About Homosexuality in Vietnam?


• Have You Found Pleasure From E-Spot Stimulation? It has to do with the ear

India

• A minister in India's Orissa state has quit after being accused of "shielding" those involved in an alleged gangrape of a low-caste dalit girl.

View last’s week Sex News in Asia here.

Disclaimer: Some of these media reports may portray sex and sexuality in a negative light. I am merely re-reporting them and may not always agree with the reports or opinions expressed.

Dr. Martha Lee is Founder and Clinical Sexologist of Eros Coaching in Singapore. She is a certified sexologist with American College of Sexologists with a Doctorate in Human Sexuality from Institute for Advanced Study of Human Sexuality. She is available to provide sexuality and intimacy coaching for individuals and couples, conduct sexual education workshops and speak at public events in Asia. For more, visit www.eroscoaching.com.