Kyrgyzstan's Taboo-Busting Sex School Is Growing Very Popular

Kyrgyzstan is gradually addressing a number of traditional views which are a hangover from its days as part of the former Soviet Union.

One of the deepest running taboos, still surviving from the Marxist-Leninist USSR, is the issue of sex.

Under communism, being noticeably individual was deeply frowned upon, with many artists and writers killed for their craft.

A woman's life in the USSR was devoted mainly to work, domestic chores and child rearing and there really was no room for fashion, fun, opinion and sexual adventure.

So, after the dissolution of the Soviet union, there was suddenly an outpouring of personal expression, including experimenting with clothing style and the pursuit of romance.

Despite this first wave of change, Kyrgyzstan has on the whole remained relatively traditional - sudden freedom not being enough to propel the country firmly into the 21st Century.

Many people are still very wary of talking about sex openly, which can feel very repressive.

But times are changing.

As Adriane Lochner of Eurasianet.org reports, a woman called Rakhat Kenjebek kyzy has set up a sex school.

It all began in China, where Rakhat spent time in the early 2000s learning traditional Chinese practises for women's health.

Upon her return to Kyrgyzstan, she imparted her new knowledge to her friends, but it proved so popular that she eventually set up the Jade Gift school in 2011.

Since then, the centre has grown from strength to strength and recently Rakhat opened a second school in the city of Almaty, Kazakhstan.

The Jade Gift school teaches courses on sexual fantasy, "playing the flute" - a euphemism for oral sex - and a number of other lessons, including strength training for the sexual muscles.

Rakhat says that many of her students are girls from religious families, who have confessed that the reason they are attending the Jade Gift school is that they are worried their husbands will take a second wife.

Polygamy is not legal in the country, but that hasn't stopped the practise from taking place.

As many have agreed, sex education and information about sexual health is sorely lacking in Kyrgyzstan and indeed in many of the neighbouring countries, so let's hope centres like Rakhat Kenjebek kyzy's will help to change that for the better.

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