Campaign groups said the textbook perpetuated a culture of victim-blaming for sexual assault at an early age. After a picture of the page went viral, Malaysia’s education minister, Teo Nie Cheng, described the illustration as sexist. “We have decided to replace that particular page,” Teo said, adding that “a replacement page will be sent to all the schools involved starting from 29 January”. “This shows the lack of awareness amongst our society when it comes to sex education, which we did not take seriously in the past,” said Teo. “Sex education has always been a taboo in Malaysia,” added Teo.

Source: The Guardian January 17, 2019 09:59 UTC