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60% of women do not know where their vulva is, what it is exactly or they cannot correctly name their genitals. Taka writes in the picture book “En como una vagina”. It focuses on sex education for girls and women of different ages.
“As a Vagina” contains educational information and practical advice on the body, menstruation, sex and health: “taboo” topics in Bulgaria.
“In the book, we talked about everything you wanted to know about your body and the health of women, but you were ashamed to ask,” its creators promised. They ask “Love your vulva” and “Love your breasts.” and a special section in the brochure.
“There is something gelatinous in my pants,” reads another section.
The important points of the book are: gender identity is based on the body, identity and expression. An interesting fact is the homosexual behavior of lions, some monkeys, black swans and others.
“Not all people with a uterus and menstruation define themselves as women. They can be transgender or intersex people, or people who use another term to define themselves,” says the book LGBTI / all lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender. people. “Masturbation is one of the easiest and safest types of sex.”
“Sex is a conversation”, there must be “sexual consent” regardless of the sexes involved.
According to the authors, only 10% of schools in Bulgaria have sex education classes (according to data provided by the Ombudsman of the Republic of Bulgaria);
Bulgaria, together with Romania, ranks first in Europe for unwanted pregnancies among girls aged 14 to 19 (WHO, UNDP);
Only 42% of students give a complete and correct answer about what a condom is used for (Loveguide.bg);
50% of those surveyed do not have a clear idea of what an “emergency pill” is (Loveguide.bg);
The average age of first sexual intercourse in Bulgaria is 14 years (WHO, UNICEF, etc.).
Irini Zikidis posted on her Facebook account several questions to the authors of the children’s book, funded by the Bulgarian Helsinki Committee and the Bulgarian Fund for Women:
1) Is there scientific evidence for the claims you are boldly relying on, presenting them as indisputable facts that biological sex does not necessarily coincide with identical sex? I request official medical literature on the subject, especially in relation to the chapter “Who is menstruating”, where it is stated that a man without a uterus and without menstruation can also be a woman, as long as he wants to be;
2) In the chapter “Feminism” you cite data from the UN, according to which “in the world less than 60% of girls graduate from primary school”; “One in three women has suffered violence” and “More than 750 million women were married before reaching the age of 18.”
I have also read the UN report carefully and can be quite specific with the statistics: “Geographically, Africa and the Americas are the regions where women are most at risk of being killed by an intimate partner or family member. In Africa, the mortality rate per 100,000 women is 3.1, in America 1.6, in Oceania 1.3, in Asia 0.9. The lowest percentage is found in Europe, with 0.7 victims per 100,000 women. “
I repeat: Europe is listed as the safest place for women in the world. And the European countries with a sharp increase in violence against women in recent years are curiously the same as the countries with the largest Muslim minorities.
In this regard, what is your position on the disadvantaged role of women in various Muslim countries, given that the pages of your book show everywhere a veiled woman, obviously a Muslim? How would you comment on the following extremely worrying trends?
– In conservative Muslim countries and regions of the planet, where ‘honor killing’ is still practiced, and where a father, brother or man can massacre a woman in the family just because she went out alone, they are incomparably more dangerous, and murders are many times higher than in regions with other cultures. That is to say, it is absurd to put Afghanistan and Bulgaria, Pakistan and Spain, Sudan and Germany under a common denominator, and a white man stigmatized as an abuser of women cannot step on the abuser’s little finger, belonging to a culture in which the woman officially not considered human;
– What will be the consequences of the influx of several million Muslim men from countries where the murders of women are several times higher than in Europe? Is there a connection between the sharp rise in crime chronicle in Western countries that have accepted Muslim immigrants, whose communities for the most part do not integrate, but continue to live in isolation and in unison with their own traditions?
– If minority representatives are really more active in the practice of violence against women, what do we do with those dozens of foundations and NGOs that have mastered solid means to protect the rights and cultural peculiarities of these same minorities?
– Doesn’t this mean that certain organizations blatantly take advantage of the death and suffering of women around the world, blaming the “white Christian man” without ever commenting on the nightmarish fate of minority women or of some Muslim countries?
3) In the chapter “Violence”, it states that one in three women in Bulgaria is a victim of violence. Unfortunately, the facts say that this is the world, not the Bulgarian statistics. Furthermore, the 2018 Bulgarian statistics are categorical in the sense that “Bulgarians definitely do not justify domestic violence or the subordinate role of women. 92% insist that a man cannot hit a woman. 89% do not believe that a woman should obey a man. Among those who support subordination or violence against women, there are mostly representatives of minority groups. “
In other words, if violence is indeed more common among the Roma population, what is your strategy to overcome this worrying problem?
4) In the chapter “Equality” it states that Bulgarian women are not equal to men and therefore are victims of violence. Unfortunately, this is again very, very far from the truth. Let’s start with the fact that Bulgarian law guarantees the full equality of women and men, and treats them with full equality in all spheres of public relations regulated by law. They enjoy equal civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights.
The prohibition of discrimination on the grounds of sex is common to the entire Bulgarian legal system and has been proclaimed in all areas. Let me give you some statistics: if in the European Union managers are 36% women, compared to 64% men, in Bulgaria they are 49% (only Latvia is ahead of us). May I ask you, since obviously Bulgaria is doing very well on this criterion, why are you giving wrong information?
I will not comment on the “Masturbation” and “Abortion Right” chapters for the simple reason that I am not sympathetic to promoting early sexual maturation among 5-6 year old children.
It is clear that this book is not intended to provide any real medical or support information in the field of teen sex education. Less primitive language, vocabulary and messages show that it is aimed at 4-5-6 year olds. It is also clear from page 4 that your goal is only to “change attitudes” and not actual help.
Therefore, I will focus solely on the facts in this book. If we compare it with the officially published data, it is at least misleading, not to say incorrect or false. I wonder why this is: deliberate manipulation or simple ignorance? – Irini Zikidis concludes.
BHC President Krassimir Kanev made a brief comment on the matter. “It’s not required reading and it’s not in the school curriculum. If a parent is concerned about not showing it to their child, I don’t see what the problem is. As for the claim that there is no scientific evidence, such things they are proven in scientific forums. The authors themselves can present their positions, “Kanev told Bulgaria Today.
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