This is one of the findings in a study on youths, sex and the influence of the media.

The study also found that most youths do not see the media as sending negative messages with regards to sex.

And while most agree that sex education is important, older youths tend to feel that such programmes are not effective at all.

Nearly 1400 students aged 14 to 16 were surveyed by family service centre, Fei Yue Community Services.

And while more girls than boys feel that they can resist sex, they will have sex with their partner again if they have done so before.

Fei Yue says recognising these gender differences is something that needs to be addressed in sex education programmes as well as the fact that abstinence messages are not popular among the respondents.

Ailene Wee, Senior Social Worker, Fei Yue Community Services Centre, says: "We would like to be running more gender homogeneous programmes because we find that the issues that boys face and girls face have some differences.

"When we run gender homogeneous programmes we can address these issues to a greater depth." - CNA/so

                                                      Home