GSIPM

When:

Friday, Nov. 19, 2010 
1:30-5:45PM Irvine Auditorium

Title: What do you know about Sex Education?

Session 1: “How does the media shape the way we approach sexual education?”
Time: 1:30-3:30PM
Speakers: Hui-Han Chang (CH), Liren Zeng (CH), Isabel Ferraris (SP), Azusa Sato (JP)

Session 2: “The birds and the bees: different versions of the same story for boys and girls.”
Time: 3:45-5:45PM
Speakers: Liu Zhenshuai (CH), Sylvia Terol (SP), Sophia Park (KR), Daria Ushakova (RU)

Reception: Food & wine in the Lower Atrium in McCone
Time: 6:00-7:30PM

You never know what a guest speaker might say, especially on a topic like “Sex Education.” Are we talking about China’s one child policy, teenage pregnancy in the U.S., the fact that there was “no sex” in the Soviet Union, or tourists finding racy items for sale in vending machines in Japan?

We will look at this concept from all angles from a social and cultural point of view, in a multi-language setting. Topics will include the media’s impact on our views of sex, how sex is taught in schools, child marriage in some countries, as well as other sensitive issues.

There will be two panel discussion sessions simulating an international conference. Each delegate’s comments will be interpreted consecutively by MIIS student interpreters. Each session will last approximately two hours with a short break in between.