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China sex experts draw the line at wife-swapping
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BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese sociologists said that the
country should promote bolder attitudes toward sex,
but that wife-swapping was off the agenda, state media
reported Monday.
Chinese attitudes toward sex have relaxed in recent
decades, triggering a boom in extramarital
relationships which the Communist Party has blamed on
bourgeois mores imported from the West.
"Wife-swapping should not be promoted to the public as
it will lead to the spread of HIV/AIDS and other
sexually transmitted diseases," the China Daily quoted
Zhang Feng, a family planning official, as saying at
the fourth Guangzhou Sex Culture Expo at the weekend.
"Neither the sex forum nor the expo should provide a
platform for advertising bold and unacceptable views
to the public."
Zhang's comments echoed the views of other speakers
but contrasted the views of Li Yinhe, a sociologist
who last year said that wife-swapping was a "normal
kind of entertainment" and that "all couples should
have the right to do it."
"There is only a meager amount of couples who accept
Li's views, as most people still have more traditional
and moral attitudes about sex," Zhu Mingxi, a
provincial sexology official, told the paper.
Themed "building moral sexual attitudes," the expo's
opening day Saturday attracted 60,000 visitors, 10,000
more than last year.
"As China is undergoing the so called 'sexual
revolution', we are attaching great importance to
promoting traditional moral ideas about sexuality,"
the paper quoted an expert identified only as Duan as
saying.
"China has a totally different attitude toward sex
from many countries. We should not only promote a
bold, open attitude, as in Western countries, but also
preserve healthy, traditional views on sex."
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