International Sexual Health Day — when and how to celebrate?
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Sex is an important part of human life and people want to be healthy and happy in this area. Hence such holidays as International Sexual Health Day. And this is more global and important than it seems!
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When is it celebrated?
Since 2010, September 4.
How and why did he appear?
It was Rosemary Coates, then President of Australia, who first proposed celebrating International Sexual Health Day. She wanted to draw everyone”s attention to the mission of the International Organization for Sexual Health, which is an offshoot of the famous WHO (World Health Organization).
Since then, International Sexual Health Day has become quite a large-scale event. It is celebrated in 60 countries around the world, and the events associated with it are very diverse.
For example, these are round tables where sexologists, gynecologists, sex therapists, psychologists and sexologists discuss issues related to sexual health. This could include, for example, questions about children”s exposure to pornography at an early age. Or questions about online sexual safety. (Or about how many people still do not have access to quality contraception and specialist services).
International Sexual Health Day may also include conferences, presentations on all topics related to sex, educational events for schoolchildren, charity events for people who have sex but do not have the opportunity to have sex safely (for example, these could be homeless people, people from poor countries or communities (for example, these could be homeless people or people from poor countries or communities).
Some lectures are aimed at eliminating stigma around certain aspects of sexual health. For example, debunking myths about people infected with HIV. As part of the International Day of Sexual Health, exhibitions, concerts and art performances are organized, because sex and sensuality are also a reason for inspiration.
For example, an exhibition of erotic photography. Or paintings that deal with sexuality and sensuality—for example, the vagina is often depicted to destigmatize the female anatomy. If Japan is having a literal phallic festival, why not make some paintings of vaginas?
Read also: International Oral Sex Day — how to celebrate with your mouth?
In the Internet age, memes and pranks can define reality. By the way, this began long before the era of Twitter, Instagram, blogger clickbait, etc.
Or, conversely, it could be a highly social performance that draws attention to the problems of sexual violence and rape.
This is all great, but how can I personally celebrate International Sexual Health Day?
There are many ways to do this, and they are as varied as the aspects of your sex life.
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Or, conversely, more positive things: how to take beautiful erotic photographs, how to flirt on the Internet, how to make virtual sex fun and exciting.
The theme for International Sexual Health Day 2022 is unknown, but you can also learn interesting things about your sex life as part of it.
- Make an appointment with the doctor.
To examine the genitals and, if you are a girl, to examine the breasts. This is a form of medical care. Check from time to time to see if you have any disease and if everything is fine with your body. By the way, International Sexual Health also hosts lectures and other educational events on breast cancer, cervical cancer, HIV and sexually transmitted diseases.
- Learn more about sex.
You can buy popular science books about this, let”s put it this way:
- “As a Woman Wants” by Emily Nagoski — there is a lot about female physiology and understanding how to please a woman;
- “Union of Unlikes” by Itzhak Adizes, Ezekiel and Ruth Madanes is about communication in sex and in general in a couple’s relationship;
- “Me, You, Him, Her and Other Perverts” by Jessie Bering is about how different sexual preferences are, and why such preferences are formed. It helps a lot to begin to perceive the world more openly and positively, including the world of sexuality, in all its diversity.
- Remember if there is something in your sex life that has been bothering you for a long time, or that you don’t know, or that you’ve been wanting to try for a long time — and use International Sexual Health Day to realize it.
For example, if you haven”t understood the concept of sex in all these new things, it”s time to study it in more detail and go deeper into it. What do you know about the structure of the genital organs and the physiology of orgasm? Want to know? How much would you like to try new affection with your partner? Time!
