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17 Mar 2015 |
The 7th Hong Kong Sex Cultural Festival 2015“Sex and Fashion”
The 7th Hong Kong Sex Cultural Festival 2015 jointly organized by the Family Planning Association of Hong Kong (FPAHK) and the Hong Kong Sex Education Association (HKSEA) will take place at the Jockey Club Creative Arts Centre (JCCAC) in Shek Kip Mei in Kowloon from 27 March (Friday) to 30 March (Monday) 2015. This year’s theme is “Sex and Fashion”.
The Hong Kong Sex Cultural Festival (HKSCF), first founded in 2006, is a free sexuality education event for all citizens. It aims to create a platform for open and respectful discussion about sex and encourage reflection and discussion on issues, particularly controversial ones, related to sex and sexuality in the society. It also aims to enhance understanding of the diversity of local sex cultures and different dimensions and views of sexuality with a view to promoting acceptance of differences, mutual understanding and harmony within the community as well as advancing sexuality education in Hong Kong.
Prof. Stanislaus Lai, President of HKSEA and HKSCF Organizing Committee member said in a press briefing today that with the theme “Sex and Fashion”, this year’s Festival focused on exploring how the design, history and application of fashion were related to sex cultures and social politics and the impacts of conventional dress codes on the sexual health of modern people.
Ms. Grace Lee, FPAHK’s Education Manager and HKSCF Organizing Committee member said this year’s 4-day Festival, supported by more than 20 individuals and group participants, would feature a diverse series of exhibitions and forums. The Opening Ceremony would be held at 1:00 pm on 28 March (Saturday). Officiating at the ceremony will be special guest Mr. Chan Chit-kwai, Stephen, BBS, J.P, Central and Western District Council Member (University Constituency), together with Prof. Ng Man-lun, Founder of HKSCF and Vice-President of HKSEA, Prof. Stanislaus Lai and Dr. Elaine Tung, Chairperson of Information, Education and Communication Subcommittee of FPAHK.
The highlight of the Opening Ceremony will be a fashion drama jointly presented by artist Ms. Lana Wong and Teen AIDS’s “Touch Theatre”. It tells the story of several high school students travelling through time in the cyberspace in search of the sexiest attires to discover the significant relationship between sex and fashion. This drama explores the issues of gender stereotypes, sex and power, sex and health, and sexual attraction in different cultures. An entire collection of apparels are specially designed by the designers from the Hong Kong Apparel Society Ltd for this show.
The exhibitions will run for four consecutive days at JCCAC’s Gallery. Six exhibitions will be hosted by: drag queen Coco Pop; Kock Fung, multi-media artist, member of Theatrideo and online radio host; Hong Kong Institute of Education’s Department of Health and Physical Education; Action Q, an LGBT tertiary students’ group; artist Lennie Chui; Action for Reach Out, a service group for women sex workers. FPAHK and HKSEA will respectively host a snapshot selfie studio and a theme exhibition.
In the six forums, speakers from diverse backgrounds, including mainstream and non-mainstream bodies, with different perspectives and opinions will debate on controversial sexuality issues. The topics will be: Dressing “sexy” at an older age (by Mr. Arkin Ng, Director of Hong Kong Apparel Society Ltd, Mr. Billie Lau, Service Director (Elderly Service) of Evangelical Lutheran Church Social Service - Hong Kong and an elderly volunteer from Essence Hub); Breaking dress codes (by Legislative Councillor Hon. Mr. Leung Kwok-hung, online radio host “NicSo” and Prof. Ng Man-lun); Long-lasting happiness (by FPAHK Doctor Dr. Kok Wai-ming and sex therapist Ms. Jo Lee; Cross-dressing and drag performance (by Dr. Day Wong, Associate Professor of Department of Sociology of Hong Kong Baptist University, transgender person Beavis and drag queen Coco Pop); Gays at 60 (by Dr. Travis Kong, author of “Oral History of Older Gay Men in Hong Kong” and Associate Professor of Department of Sociology of University of Hong Kong and the interviewees in the book); and teenage sex (by Ms. Vanessa Chung Ling-wai, Project Leader of Caritas Hong Kong’s “Love & Chastity” Comprehensive Sex Education Project, Ms. Keelie Cheung Ming-shan, Youth Work Officer of Youth Crime Prevention Centre of Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups and Dr. Joseph Cho, Executive Co-Director of Nutong Xueshe). The forums will be held on the second and third days (Saturday and Sunday). Members of the public are welcome to exchange their views with the speakers and express their opinions.
The online “Survey on Sex and Fashion” was conducted from November 2014 to February 2015 as part of the Festival to learn about the public’s views on fashion and see how fashion was related to gender and sex cultures. Nearly 650 respondents were polled. HKSCF Organizing Committee member and Executive Committee Member of HKSEA Dr. Joseph Cho said the survey findings showed that the majority of the respondents selected their clothes based on these criteria in a descending order: appeal to one’s own eyes, meeting their budget, functionality and suiting their personal style. The survey found that the sexist wear were business suits, swim briefs/swimsuits, vests and uniforms for men, and cheongsams, swimsuits, lingerie and short skirts for women. Tight-fitting, see-through and low-cut clothes were considered to attract sexual interest the most. Most respondents said they would buy sexy underwear to make their sexual life more fun. Corsets, T-backs and ties were named the top three apparel items that should disappear from the earth because they restrained the body, were impractical and harmful to health, including sexual health.
Artist Ms. Lanna Wong had an interesting dialogue with Prof. Ng, sharing tips on how to dress sexy and attractively at any age.
Admission to all programmes is free. All members of the public, especially youth, parents, teachers, social workers and families, are welcome. For programme details and updates (in Chinese only), please visit FPAHK’s Sexuality Education Website at www.famplan.org.hk/sexedu, “The 7th Hong Kong Sex Cultural Festival 2015” Homepage at www.hksea.org/2015 and Facebook Page at www.facebook.com/HKSCF.
