WESTERN INFLUENCES ON CHINESE SEXUALITY - INSIGHTS FROM A COMPARISON OF THE SEXUAL-BEHAVIOR AND ATTITUDES OF SHANGHAI AND HONG-KONG FRESHMEN AT UNIVERSITIES

rite sexual behaviors of the first year university students in Shangha i and Hong Kong in 1991 were surveyed and compared. it was found that tire Hong Kong subjects were less sexually active than Shanghai studen ts in general and if they had sexual intercourse, they were more consc ientious in using contraception. Assuming that Hong Kong is more moder nized and Westernized than Shanghai, our findings do not support the v iew that modernization and Westernization is conducive to sexual disin hibition and promiscuity in the Chinese youths. The more important inf luential factors appeared to be religious belief and sex education.