June Low (right) and Sudarshan speak on virginity on the pilot episode of 'Popek-popek', a new sex education show in Bahasa Malaysia. – January 9, 2015.
A new sex education show by web TV network PopTeeVee goes on air today, the first such programme in Malaysia where the topic has long been regarded taboo.
June Low, the host and writer of the Malay-language "Popek-popek", said the show aimed to address ignorance on the subject, saying that solely advocating sexual abstinence had been ineffective in curbing sexual and the spread of sexually-transmitted diseases.
Together with performer Sudarshan, June answers basic questions on sex, with the first episode touching on the topic of virginity and myths surrounding it.
Eleven more episodes will follow, to be aired fortnightly.
Topics covered include contraception, dating, relationships and body image.
"Popek-popek" can be viewed at PopTeeVee.net and YouTube.com/popteevee.
It aims to cut down the "surprises" for parents, taking on a role that coy parents have abdicated.
It also comes at the back of a sex survey in February last year among schoolchildren in Negri Sembilan, as well as another recent survey which found that Malaysians spend an average of over 12 minutes browsing online pornography.
- TMI
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