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It should be an age of endless hope and expectations， but AIDS shadows the fantasy of them. In the investigation， there are many people who do not know when and where they were infected the virus and also many cases of trying to commit suicide after crying bitterly. Then， what is the reason for the claws of AIDS reaching out to youths？ And what gives AIDS the opportunity to spread in this group？
Experts said that， the reason why youths become the high-risk group of AIDS is that this group hasn’t received enough scientific and comprehensive knowledge of AIDS prevention and treatment and sex education.
本应是对未来充满无限期待和希冀的年华，但感染艾滋病让青年群体的一切幻想都笼上了阴影。在记者调查中，往往不知自己是何时、何地被传染上病毒的大有人在，在痛哭流涕后不知所措并试图自杀的案例也并不鲜见。那么，究竟是什么原因使得艾滋病向青年伸出了魔爪？又是什么使得艾滋病在这个群体中有了可乘之机？
有专家表示，青年群体之所以成为艾滋病高发人群，与该群体未受到足够全面和科学的艾滋病防治知识和性教育大有关系。
In China， sex education is always considered as a thing that “is difficult to ascend the place of refinement”， and some even become pale even at the mention of the name of sex. During the interview， many mothers-to-be mentioned the awkward situation when they asked their parents “where did I come from”. Parents born in 1950s and 1960s always beat about the bush for this question and seldom formal answer questions related to sex. Nowadays， sex education is not widely popularized as a course in schools.
Chen Fang， a senior media person， wrote that， “young boys and young girls in adolescent have normal physical agitation and the sex education in schools is lag behind， so it seems unavoidable for more and more college students ‘to get infected’.” The investigation of media shows that， many college students from second and third tier cities or rural areas know little about AIDS. Some even only know it is a deadly disease but don’t know how it spreads. Chen Fang also said， “The sex education at college is generally backward and the recourse of government education system and health system for college students AIDS prevention haven’t been effectively integrated， which make the AIDS prevention situation of youths become more serious.
What’s more， Zhu Qi， known as the first person in China doing AIDS prevention and health education said in an interview that， “the promiscuity caused by sex freedom severely breaks the ecological balance of normal microbes in human genital tract， which leads to the venereal disease and AIDS epidemic and also makes the consistent form of new causative agents of venereal disease.”
在中国，性教育一度被认为“难登大雅之堂”，更有甚者提及性教育如谈虎色变。在记者采访中，有许多准妈妈提及自己儿时问父母“自己是从哪里来的”所遭遇的尴尬局面。出生于上世纪50、60年代的父母，对于此问题常常会闪烁其词，很少正式回答两性话题。现如今，性教育也并不曾作为校园课程被大范围推广。
资深媒体人陈方对此撰文表示，“青春期的少男少女本来就有着正常的生理躁动，再加上高校性教育滞后，越来越多的大学生‘中招’似乎在所难免。”来自媒体的调查也显示，很多二、三线城市或农村地区的大学生对于艾滋病知之甚少，有些人甚至只知道艾滋病是一种会致命的疾病，但通过何种渠道传播了解不多。陈方还指出，“高校性教育普遍落后，而政府教育系统和卫生系统在大学生防艾方面的资源又未得到有效整合，使得青年防艾形势变得更为严峻。”
此外，被誉为中国预防艾滋病健康教育第一人的朱琪接受媒体采访时提出，“性自由造成的性乱，严重破坏了人体生殖道正常微生物的生态平衡，导致了性病、艾滋病的流行，还促使新的性病病原体不断形成。”
The reporter found in the investigation that， it is very common for young people to have sex experience or even live together with others when they are undergraduates. Many peers say，"It is very normal for the unmarried undergraduates to live together. It is not rare." According to the report of Christian Science Monitor， in Baltimore， three of every four female residents who give births are unmarried mothers. Former U.S. President Clinton also said， "It is a common phenomenon for maidens to give birth. It is not only a moral problem， but also a social and economic problem."
Meanwhile， among the young people who have AIDs， those who were infected during sexual contacts between males make up a large proportion. Besides， the feature of behaving different from thinking （i.e. high rate of homosexual people know AIDs， but few people adopt safe behavior） of the “gay men” group increases the risk of being infected with AIDs.
In addition， social networks which enjoy great popularity among young people also help. Wang Dayong， expert of AIDs prevention and treatment stressed， “The increased number of infected young men is owing to the popularity of social software. In the past homosexual people are obscure， but nowadays they could be searched with cellphones within meters. The trend of Internet dating is becoming increasingly popular and it is easier to find sexual partners. Social homosexual groups， therefore， enter the student circles of school. Young men， who haven’t gone to society do not have enough self-protection awareness and are more easily to be infected with AIDs comparatively.”
记者在调查过程中发现，青年在大学期间偷尝禁果甚至同居的情况非常多见，并且很多同龄人表示，“在校生未婚同居很正常，见怪不怪。”据美国《基督教科学箴言报》报道，2001年，巴尔的摩每4个分娩的女性居民中，3个是未婚母亲。而美国前总统克林顿也曾表示，“少女生孩子在美国是一个普遍现象，这不仅是一个道德问题，也成了经济和社会问题。”
与此同时，在感染艾滋病病毒的青年患者中，由男男性接触感染的情况占有较高比例。而“男同”群体存在的“知行分离”（即同性恋者对艾滋病的知晓率很高，但采取安全行为的人数却很少）特点更加大了罹患艾滋病的风险。
另外，社交网络在青年群体中被热捧的情况一定程度上起了“推波助澜”的作用。艾滋病性病防治专家王大勇强调，“男青年群体受感染人数的增多，和社交软件发达有关。原本同性恋比较隐匿，如今几米之内就能用手机‘搜’到。网络交友增加，使寻找性伴侣更加容易，社会同性恋群体也进入校园学生的圈子中。相对而言，尚未进入社会的男青年，常因缺乏自我保护意识，容易增加感染艾滋病的风险。”