- Title: TAIWAN: SEX EDUCATION COMIC BOOK DRAWS CRITICISM FOR BEING TOO ENTERTAINING.
- Date: 25th April 1994
- Summary: TAIPEI, TAIWAN (RECENT)(RTV - ACCESS ALL) 1. SLV EXTERIOR OF BOOK STORE/ CUSTOMERS LOOKING AT BOOKS. 0.04 2. GV/VARIOUS "MISS SEX" COMICS ON DISPLAY (8 SHOTS) 0.38 3. SV/VARIOUS ARTISTS IN STUDIO WORKING ON "MISS SEX" DRAWINGS (4 SHOTS) 0.48 4. ARTIST LEE MIN-CHI SAYING HE WANTS TO PROMOTE SEX EDUCATION IN A HUMOUROUS WAY
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- Location: TAIPEI, TAIWAN
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- Country: Taiwan
- Reuters ID: LVA7MRZWORO2SUFHKGIYCI2Z59I0
- Story Text: A Taiwanese comic book with raunchy drawings and stories designed to promote sex education has drawn criticism for being too entertaining.
"Miss Sex" has become one of Taiwan's hottest selling comic books, helped by covers featuring voluptuous women in low cut dresses. The first five editions have sold an average of 60,000 copies each.
Artist and author of the series, Lee Min-chi, said he wanted to provide sex education to young people by introducing it to their daily lives in a funny way.
Lee said his initial motive was purely commercial, but the comics' popularity was necessary if it was to reach young people.
He said all the information in the book was based on professional and medical advice.
But educators have attacked the comic books, saying it fails as a sex-education aid.
Pai Pao-kuei, principal of Teh Yin Elementary School in Taipei believes many of the stories are exaggerated and fantastic. .
"The content of the book is too far away from reality. It doesn't match the life of teenagers," said Pai.
She criticised one story dealing with sado-masochism which shows a woman tied up with chains in a chair.
Despite the controversy, Miss Sex has tapped into a lucrative market in Taiwan. The market for comic books is thought to be worth about 4 billion Taiwan dollars (11 million United States dollars).
One comic book chain has opened its eighth store in three months and plans to have 40 stores on the island by the end of 1995.
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