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BRasilia President Jair Bolsonaro questioned the competence of the World Health Organization (WHO) with provocative statements. The WHO encourages young children to homosexuality and masturbation, Bolsonaro wrote Thursday in a Facebook post that was later removed. “This is the World Health Organization, and I think some people should follow its recommendations for the coronavirus,” Bolsonaro wrote.
Without providing evidence to support his claims, Bolsonaro wrote that the WHO recommends “early childhood masturbation” and “same-sex relationships.” The WHO also advised children ages nine to twelve to have a “first sexual experience.”
Rio de Janeiro extends exit restrictions
Previously, Bolsonaro’s adviser, Arthur Weintraub, had tweeted that the WHO recommendations say that “children between 0 and 4 years old teach ‘masturbation’, ‘satisfaction and pleasure’, ‘touch their own body’ and ‘gender ideology ‘. “Should be. “Is that correct?” Weintraub asked rhetorically.
Weintraub and Bolsonaro apparently used the basis of the complaints in the framework concept “Standards for sex education in Europe” published in 2010 jointly by the WHO Regional Office for Europe and the Federal Center for Health Education (BZgA), which recommends experts, policy makers, and educational and health institutions. for the sexual education of children and adolescents. The rules state that sexual curiosity is also normal in children. However, there are no recommendations for the behaviors described by Weintraub and Bolsonaro in the concept.
Bolsonaro’s attacks on the WHO may be linked to his highly controversial stance on the treatment of the coronavirus pandemic. Brazil’s radical right-wing head of state continues to minimize the dangers posed by the new corona virus and is against exit restrictions imposed by the governors of Brazilian states. It also rejects the guidelines for social distancing recommended by the WHO.
Contrary to Bolsonaro’s wish for the economic stagnation to end as soon as possible, Rio de Janeiro state governor Wilson Witzel extended exit restrictions applicable to the pandemic until May 11. Schools, universities and cultural centers will also remain closed.
Brazil is the most severely affected by the crown pandemic in South America. According to official information, more than 5000 people have already died from the effects of a corona infection, and the number of infections is more than 70,000. However, experts assume that the number of unreported cases is high due to a lack of evidence.
