Sex blogs have been a buzz this week about a planned adult theme park in Chongqing, China. The opening was halted by the local Chinese authorities after they deemed it “vulgar, ill-minded, and misleading.” The park's owners had touted it as a venue for sex education that would spark conversations around sexuality in China and would have provided information about sex to park goers over the age of 18, like the original park located in Korea.

Theoretically, the park might have been a good idea. It was restricted to adults and would likely contain a mixture of statues, sex education signs and posters and even host workshops on sexual technique. There are some obvious issues here, most notably the opening of the park gate with a pair of legs in some tiny underwear didn't seem overly welcoming to most women. 

The park was inspired by a similar attraction on South Korea's Jeju island, also called Loveland. The island was known as a honeymoon island for young couples from Korea, but now hosts a adult theme park featuring erotic statues, exhibits, and other sexuality features. 

The sexual educator in me wants to celebrate ventures like these because they did and would have sparked quite a few conversations around sexuality in China. However, those conversations seem likely to have only further demonized sexuality as perverse or tawdry rather than the educational value promised by park owners.