Huge changes in mainland's sexual attitudes
Richard Burger suggests a sexual reawakening has long been under way on the mainland, with a rapidly altering sexual landscape filled with unmarried sexual partners, flourishing sex shops, mistresses and an increasingly wifeless generation of young men.
by Richard Burger
Earnshaw Books
China Behind the Red Door: Sex in China by Richard Burger Earnshaw Books 3.5 stars Kit Gillet
Kit Gillet
Richard Burger suggests a sexual reawakening has long been under way on the mainland, with a rapidly altering sexual landscape filled with unmarried sexual partners, flourishing sex shops, mistresses and an increasingly wifeless generation of young men.
Burger, a former contributor to The Baltimore Sun and one of the first people to start blogging about China back in 2002, tackles the topic of its sexual past and present with relish, running the gauntlet through real-life tales of hymen restoration surgery, concubine villages and outspoken sex bloggers, while also touching on more serious topics such as the issues of sex education in schools, acceptance of homosexuality, and the use and effects of prostitution on society over the years (there are an estimated six million sex workers on the mainland today).