Vietnam
is coming to terms with the dark side of greater global internet interaction as
‘sex chat’ becomes increasingly common.
Associate Prof. Trinh Hoa Binh, from the
Institute of Sociology, described sex chat as a deviatory behaviour.
According to Binh, ‘sex chat’ stems from
psychological need among young people to exercise curiosity and experience
things that are strange, new or banned.
Easily influenced
Young people want to define their
individualism but lack basic life skills, so they are easily seduced by sex
chat.
Many people also enjoy the experience in order
to keep up with their friends, he added.
Dr. Nguyen Quynh Hoa, from Institute of
Youths, said sex chat booms when young people feel repressed or overly
controlled, and information technology provided another avenue for teenage
rebellion and trend setting.
“Sex chat carries a great threat to people’s
lifestyles. They may be encouraged to not only take off their clothes but to
engage in other more worrying acts,” Hoa warned.
Bad behaviour
“There has been no serious research into the
cause and consequences of deviatory behaviour towards sexual issues among young
people in general and sex chat in particular,” said Dr. Dang Vu Canh Linh,
Director of the the Institute for Development and Communication (IDC).
Despite there being no firm evidence, Linh
claimed that indulging in sex chat for long periods of time could lead to an
unhealthy lifestyle. She suggested that it could cause autism and undermine an
individual’s dignity and harm their reproductive and mental health.
She further claimed that such behaviour could
act as a catalyst for anti-social and criminal behaviour.
“Their behaviour is harmful to the country’s
cultural and traditional values,” she added.
Drastic measures needed
According to Associate Prof. Trinh Hoa Binh,
in order to deal with the problem, families should pay more attention to their
children.
“Parents should have the confidence of their
children, so that they can share their emotions,” Binh suggested.
Binh recommended that parents should not leave
their children alone with computers, as they could be encouraged to indulge in
unhealthy means of entertainment.
Dr. Dang Vu Canh Linh emphasised the
importance of sex education at school in order to provide a moral and health
framework for young people’s sexual understanding.
Difficult to manage?
An anonymous inspector of the Ministry of
Culture, Sports and Tourism, said it was extremely difficult to control sex
chat if domestic personal computers. It would be better if parents took more
responsibility for the actions of their children.
An official from an internet provider admitted
that the misuse of the internet was beyond their control.
Source: Dtinews
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