Civic groups on Tuesday announced a top 10 list of news topics on sex and emotional education, with experts saying that more should be done to promote love and respect for others, and awareness of gender equality.
Polls show that many unmarried people want to have children, National Taiwan Normal University assistant professor Kao Sung-ching (高松景) said, adding that government subsidies, which focus on childcare, might be missing the target.
More should be done to educate people on managing healthy personal relationships, Kao said.
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Courses should be provided at universities and workplaces to lower barriers to forming relationships, and the government should create places that would facilitate dating, he said.
The government should also promote policies such as giving married couples priority for social welfare housing and creating child-friendly workplaces to encourage people to have children, he said.
Psychiatrist Yang Tsung-tsai (楊聰財) said that a rise in #MeToo incidents in Taiwan shows that people have not retained a gender-equality mindset.
The government has yet to introduce measures to eradicate workplace cultures that fail to punish perpetrators, nor has it addressed a lack of gender-equality mindsets at workplaces, schools and in society as a whole, Yang said.
Taiwan Association for Sexuality Education president Mao Wan-yi (毛萬儀) said that while the law constrains people’s actions, education is required to teach people to be good at heart.
Education is an ongoing process requiring the collaboration of schools, homes and the public, Mao said.
The government must foster an environment to help children put into practice what they learn at school, such as loving others and respecting their individuality, he said.
Additional reporting by CNA
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