A comprehensive review found that sex education is inconsistently delivered, abstinence-focused, and lacking teacher support. — FAIHAN GHANI/The Star
LATELY, I have been thinking about how we Malaysians talk about sex, or more accurately, how we don’t.
There is a clear pattern to be observed. Our society’s loudest detractors react with moral panic instead of asking why these efforts were necessary in the first place. The resulting norm is a country where silence is mistaken for virtue, and one where we risk leaving our young people vulnerable to disease and shame.
