Singaporean Youth Survey
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www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/253054/1/.html
Half of Singaporean youths think premarital sex is okay: survey
By Pearl Forss, Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 17 January 2007 1845 hrs
SINGAPORE : Forty-six percent of youths think it is okay to have sex before marriage, and 55 percent of youths feel that life will not be complete if they do not get married and have children.
These are just some of the findings from a Singapore Polytechnic survey of 800 youths, aged between 15 and 29 years old.
Despite having gone through national education at school, 37 percent of Singaporean youths say they are not patriotic.
In fact, more than half want to migrate overseas if given a chance.
Indian youths are the most ready to migrate, at 67 percent, compared to 60 percent of Malays and 49 percent of Chinese.
"After coming back from travelling, they find that other countries have much more to offer than Singapore, which is very boring," says one youth.
60 percent of youths are also not interested in local politics, but half of them want to see more opposition members in parliament.
The survey also looked at issues of social concern.
54 percent of youths surveyed think it is okay to use vulgarities when talking to friends, and half find homosexuality acceptable.
"To youths, it's common knowledge that homosexuals exist in Singapore. In fact, if you ask any youth, he'll say that he knows at least one homosexual friend," says another youth.
"There is gap between me, the way I think and the way youths in Singapore think. But I'm not surprised because they are under so much more different influences than what I went through. They've got 100 movie channels and they've got the Internet," says V Maheantharan, director of School of Business at Singapore Polytechnic.
46 percent of youths are on the Internet for five hours or more a day, and 56 percent say they are not bothered by copyright issues related to downloading movies off the Internet.
40 percent of respondents also blog and 48 percent share original content, for example, artwork, stories and videos.
12 percent say they don't go to the cinema as often because they are downloading movies off the internet.
When it comes to money and career, half of the respondents say that remuneration is the most important factor when choosing a job, and 47 percent aspire to be an entrepreneur.
Youths also say that the three things most important to them are family, freedom and health. - CNA /ls -
I thought the headlines should highlight the part about youths wanting to migrate and their opinions on politics ,since it is quite a large portion reported. They instead gave the big headlines of youth opinions on sex.
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well anything on sex is more eye catching
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ditto.Originally posted by fymk:I thought the headlines should highlight the part about youths wanting to migrate and their opinions on politics ,since it is quite a large portion reported. They instead gave the big headlines of youth opinions on sex. -
Xinhua is even more laughable - they took off the rest of the parts and focused on opinions of sexual behaviours.
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Of course mah...firstly, the reporter wants to discredit this youth by directionally writing as though youths these days are "reckless" and "careless" because they feel sex is ok.Originally posted by fymk:I thought the headlines should highlight the part about youths wanting to migrate and their opinions on politics ,since it is quite a large portion reported. They instead gave the big headlines of youth opinions on sex.
So since these youths are "reckless" and "careless", it doesn't matter if they don't support the government policies.
So once readers have the impression that youths are a degenerated group of people, it doesn't matter what opionions they say.
Besides, so what? so what if youths have sex before marriage? What is the average age of a SG to get married? 30 years old?
Heck man...if we are "suppose" to have sex after marriage then there would be a lot of 30 yr old virgins liao..
This is really brainless reporting..
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Well, thats the most important issue for the government. STDs and pro-creation is and has always been a major issue to our government. Who gives a damn about politics?Originally posted by fymk:I thought the headlines should highlight the part about youths wanting to migrate and their opinions on politics ,since it is quite a large portion reported. They instead gave the big headlines of youth opinions on sex. -
What really is the point of this survey??
Why don't they do a survey on how majority of people are are struggling to make ends meet with high costs of living? -
whats the point of having that survey?Originally posted by ShutterBug:Why don't they do a survey on how majority of people are are struggling to make ends meet with high costs of living? -
Ahh...i understand..Originally posted by shade343:whats the point of having that survey?
whats the point of having that survey? facts and reporting are probably altered and directional.
Its like Dr. Chee on hiring lawyer. He did not. Whats the point of getting a lawyer when the whole court is already lop-sided? -
hmm..reminds me of instant noodles again...
they are always giving us instant noodles; cheap, full of MSG, artifical flavorings, tastey but won't nourish you or fill your stomach.
Fast to cook, good to eat, but bad for health!!!
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recently on tv, there was a show dedicated to the topic on youths and underage sex. in japan, it's illegal to have sex below 18, but that's beside the point. no one gets arrested for having underage sex. the issue was that kids are starting to screw each other everyday at a younger age, and are being more and more promiscuous.
the moral of the show, wasn't about not having sex, it was about waiting for your body to be ready before having sex, and also to have the proper mindset about it. although technically, girls can start enjoying sex around 12, they aren't physically developed till around 16.
doing it too early will damage the vagina. become pregnant at that age will make it worse, the linings of the womb aren't suitable for childbirth yet. having an abortion will weaken it and they'll be having problems with having a child in the future.
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Why didnt they ask why 50% of youths would want to migrate despite having a first world govt who cares for its citizens ???
Anybody with a brain would treat the sex part as common sense unless you're still living in the 80's.