Experts attending a symposium Friday called for the whole society
to pay attention to Chinese men's reproductive health, saying that
the "sexual liberation" once prevailing in the West has increased
the danger of reproductive health problems.
Ma
Xiaonian, a well-known sexual therapist and director of the Chinese
Sexual Counseling and Therapy Committee, said that "in the 1980s,
most patients came to me with women's sexual problem, but in recent
years it has been men's sexual problems that have concerned most of
my patients."
"The trend among the men consulting doctors about their
reproductive problems is that they are getting younger and younger,
and many men under 30 have sexual problems," he said at the forum
on high and new technology for family planning and reproductive
health.
Experts at the forum agreed that growing work pressure and
worsening environmental pollution in recent years have resulted in
increasing incidence of men's reproductive health problems, such as
prostate hyperplasia, sexual dysfunction, lower quality of semen
and even sterility.
With China opening wider to the outside world, the Western idea of
"sexual liberation" has penetrated through the country, and
venereal disease and AIDS have become serious threat to Chinese
men, they said.
Professor Guo Yinglu of Beijing University's Urology Institute said
there are is a large variety of drugs for men on the Chinese
market, but the effectiveness of some drugs needs to be clinically
tested.
This is also dangerous for men's health, added Guo, who is also an
academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.
He
called for stringent measures to crack down on fake drugs and ads,
and appealed Chinese men to do more physical exercise, have regular
medical check and keep a good morality in terms of sex.
The symposium, part of China's first exposition on high and new
technology and products in the family planning and reproductive
health fields, opened in Beijing Wednesday to mark World Population
Day and will end Saturday.
(People’s Daily 07/15/2001)