February 02, 2021
Boys hang on a bar for five minutes as part of a training session at the Gymnastics Hall of the Shanghai University of Sports.
Reuters
Chinese education officials’ call for more physical fitness classes in schools to make the country’s young men more masculine has been met with outrage by critics who say the move could result in increased domestic violence and other social problems.
Local governments and schools will soon be required to increase the number of gym teachers as well as improve teaching methods that “cultivate masculinity”, according to the Ministry of Education’s plan announced on Thursday (Jan 28). The initiatives aim to improve schoolboys’ mental and physical health while the ministry conducted further research, it said.
By Militant Agnostic (not verified) on 17 Dec 2014 #permalink
Regarding acupuncture anesthesia:
An anesthetist colleague witnessed one of these procedures - abdominal approach to remove uterine fibroids.
He reported the acupuncture was assisted by intravenous pethidine, a prilocaine rectus sheath nerve block and peritoneal irrigation with prilocaine.
He commented that, with some oral sedation as a premed, there was no need to add the magic touch of acupuncture.
By Stuartg (not verified) on 17 Dec 2014 #permalink
The desire to see science and medicine as being every bit as culturally specific as food and music is strong. People want their tribe to have their own ways. Couple this with the tendency to lob religion and spirituality into the mix and view these systems as primary explanations for a holistic system and you ve got a recipe for disaster.