日前，江西省出版的高中性教育教科书中称婚前性行为的女性“下贱”，这也引发了公众对于性别平等的大讨论。
A sex education textbook issued to high schools in Jiangxi Province was accused of calling girls who have premarital sex cheap, triggering a public debate of gender inequality.
小厨屋（化名）是中国南方广东省深圳市一名高中老师，她在微博上引述了一段摘自《高中性教育》的话，称女性因婚前性行为而“下贱”。
Xiao Chuwu (pseudonym), a high school teacher in Shenzhen, South China's Guangdong Province, took to Weibo to quote a passage from High School Sex Education that says girls are "degraded" by premarital sex.
这本书是21世纪出版集团出版的，上面写着“婚前发生性行为，对女孩的心身危害尤其巨大”。
"Premarital sex has a tremendous negative psychological and physical impact on girls," reads the book by 21st Century Publishing Group.
这本书继续写道：“女孩因爱而献出身体，并不能增加男孩对她的爱，还会被'征服'她的男孩认为她'下贱'，发生性关系反而会使女孩失去爱情。”
"Girls do not increase the love they receive from boys by sacrificing their bodies, but rather are seen as 'degraded' by their 'conquerors,'" the book continues. "As a result, sexual relations can cause women to lose love."
小厨屋的博文获得了极大的关注。一名新浪微博用户表示：“性教育的本意应该是保护青少年，而不是对他们进行恐吓和侮辱。”另一位微博用户则说道：“这家出版社应该改名叫'18世纪出版集团'。”
Xiao's post drew a lot of attention. "Sex education is supposed to protect teenagers, not intimidate or insult them," wrote a Sina Weibo user. "The press should name itself 'The 18th Century Publishing Group," said another.
据21世纪出版集团表示，这一措辞的本意并不是为了侮辱女性，并且指出“下贱”之类的字眼是出现在引号里的。自从2004年以来，该版教科书已经有2000册被分发到了江西省高中高年级学生的手中。
The 21st Century Publishing Group said the wording is not insulting to women and pointed out that words like "degraded" appear in quotes. A total of 2,000 copies of the book have been issued to high school seniors in Jiangxi since 2004.
当地联合出版商江西高等教育出版社发表声明称，他们在2006年已经停止发行此书了。
Local co-publisher Jiangxi Higher Education Press claimed they stopped issuing the book in 2006.