“No Lecture, I Am Bored:” What Messages does Young Males Myanmar Want to Learn from Sexuality Education in Social Media?

Abstract

This paper explores how Myanmar male youths use the social networking sites especially Facebook to search sexual health information by investigating their pattern of usage and the types of sexual message they are eager to learn from online source. The study was undertaken by conducting virtual ethnography, 16 in-depth interviews and 3 FGD sessions through purposive sampling method among university students in Mandalay. Thematic analysis was guided by doing open coding. Among male youth community, searching sexual health information and seeking sexual pleasure from Facebook are very common and are main reasons to use Facebook. In conclusion, Facebook influences their sexual health in both positive ways and negative ways depending on their pattern of usage. It is recommended that young people need sexual health information and comprehensive sexuality education curriculum in schools that are related with their sexual interest, sexual culture and lifestyle and their sexual literacy.

Keywords: Pattern of Facebook Usage, Sexual Health, Male Youths, Myanmar

DOI: 10.7176/RHSS/11-14-02

Publication date:July 31^st 2021