在孩子的成長時期，幾乎每位家長都會被孩子問到這樣一個問題：
“我是從哪里來的？”
對于許多家長而言，如何做出合適的回答可謂是一個歷史性難題了。
最近，外媒將目光轉向了中國青少年性教育的現狀上，并表示隨著中國日益重視性教育，長久以來青少年性知識匱乏的情況將得到改善。
中國首批獲得證書的性教育工作者將打破數十年的沉默
美國有線電視新聞網絡（CNN）報道稱，中國家長對性教育往往采取回避態度。
Wu Shuang, a 24-year-old college student, recalls the day when she asked her parents to explain how she was born. "My parents told me I was picked up in a bathroom," she said.
24歲的大學生吳雙（音）還記得她問父母自己是怎么生出來時的情景。她說：“爸媽告訴我，我是在廁所里撿的。”
在網絡上傳播的視頻中，我們聽到不少家長的回答更是五花八門：
這些回答看似荒謬，卻反映了大多數中國家長在面對孩子旺盛的求知欲時，常常選擇糊弄過關。
CNN報道稱，在過去，中國學校的性教育似乎也是一個諱莫如深的話題。
Apart from a few experimental lessons launched in a handful of schools in China's larger cities, most schools haven't introduced formal sex education courses, leaving nearly 22% of youths under the age of 19 mostly in the dark.
除了大城市的少數學校推出的一些試驗性課堂之外，中國大多數學校還沒有開設正式的性教育課程，使得近22%的19歲以下青少年對性一無所知。
但如今，這種情況即將得到改變。
In March, the first batch of sex educators for middle-school children in China was certified by the national government.
今年3月，中國首批面向中小學生的性教育工作者獲得了國家頒發的證書。
想獲得性教育講師的證書，就要接受一系列的培訓。培訓的內容廣泛，話題多樣。
The training courses provide a variety of content, including information tailored for both children and adults, online videos for family education, and summer and winter campaigns for adolescents. Among the topics covered are matters such as sexual consent, common questions about sexual intercourse and debates around real cases involving sexually transmitted diseases and prostitution.
培訓課程提供了各種內容，包括為兒童和成人提供的定制信息、家庭教育網絡視頻以及青少年夏冬令營。課程所涵蓋的話題包括允許進行性行為、關于性行為的常見問題以及圍繞性傳播疾病和賣淫等真實案例的討論等。
文章稱，以往許多青少年很難通過正確的渠道獲取性知識，也增加了年輕人的艾滋病風險。
Until recently, there had been very little, if any, sex education for young people in China, apart from the basics on sexual reproduction learned in biology textbooks. The lack of information on issues around sex has left many Chinese teenagers dangerously in the dark.
直到不久之前，除了在生物課本上學到的關于有性繁殖的基礎知識之外，中國年輕人獲得的性教育非常少。性知識的匱乏使許多中國青少年處于十分危險的無知狀態中。
性教育的匱乏不僅造成疾病的傳播，危害青少年的健康，更容易使得他們在形成性別認知的過程中產生焦慮、恐懼等情緒。
For Ke Xi, a 20-year-old student at Hebei University in Hebei Province, central China, the lack of sex education made it more difficult to understand herself and how to carry herself. She described feeling anxious about mainstream societal norms around women and sex and whether she should have to confirm to them.
中國河北的20歲學生柯茜（音）認為，性教育的匱乏讓人們更難以認知自己，也不知道該何去何從。她說，關于女性和性的主流社會規范令她感到緊張，不知道是否應該遵循這些規范。
對于家長而言，一些女性則希望通過性教育，確保她們的女兒不再缺乏自己以前所缺乏的知識，在面臨潛在的性侵害時知道該如何保護自己。
Wang Bing, a 36-year-old employee in a Chinese state-owned enterprise, said that when she was young, she was taught nothing by the older generation, who preferred to ignore the topic.
中國一家國企的36歲員工王冰（音）說，她年輕的時候，家里人從沒教過她任何性知識，而是選擇忽視這個話題。
With two daughters at home, Bing passes on her limited sexual knowledge and buys books with cartoon pictures for her oldest, now 10. "It's necessary to know something. At least you know how to protect yourself when danger comes to you," Wang said.
王冰向兩個女兒傳授了自己有限的性知識，還給10歲的大女兒買了一些帶有卡通圖畫的性知識書籍。她說：“有必要學點兒東西，至少在遇到危險的時候知道該如何保護自己。”
（來源：中國日報雙語新聞編輯部）
