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Sex museum planned
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A MUSEUM billed as a place to boost sex education will be built in Shaoguan, Guangdong Province, a place famous for its steep cliffs and bizarrely-shaped rocks.
Many of the rocks resemble giant sex organs, causing the Danxiashan tourism zone, where the museum will be located, to be occasionally referred to as the "garden of natural nudity".
Local officials say that the sex museum will combine nature and culture, featuring documents and materials on human desires, including the history of sex and sexual behaviour.
Officials hope that the museum will lure tourists to the area.
The decision to build the museum is a controversial one, as sex has long been a sensitive issue in China. Many people are too shy or embarrassed to even mention the word.
However, many scholars support the project. Li Yinhe, a sociologist with the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said that love used to be an art form in ancient China but it has been distorted ever since the Song Dynasty (960-1279 AD).
Nevertheless, the tourism department maintains it will take a long time for ordinary people to accept this unprecedented move.
Even an official exhibition with paintings of nude women in Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong, caused debates last month, as a number of critics said it was "erotic".
(Xinhua)
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