The Shanghai Educational Publishing House on Wednesday launched China's first gender textbook designed specifically for male students in primary school, according to a report of Shanghai based news website xinmin.cn.
Entitled "XiaoXiao Nanzihan" or "Little Man" in English, the textbook focuses mental health education of male pupils in the fourth and fifth grades in primary school, aiming to help them understand sexual physiology, sexual psychology and enhance their fundamental ability of self-protection.
With a total of six chapters, the textbook introduces a wide range of basic knowledge including the topics of "What is the difference between a boy and a girl?", "Why am I a boy and not a girl?", "What does a father mean to a son?", "How can we get along with
nature?" as well as "Why do we need to have awareness about investment and money management?".
The Shanghai Educational Publishing House said pupils who learn the book will have a separate classroom from their female classmates. No word yet on what textbook the girls will learn from in their classrooms.
The move aims to help boys more openly discuss some questions they might otherwise not address in their daily lives.
