The emotional-sexual education campaign, supported by the IVAJ and targeting the young population, has become a new focus of conflict on the left and right in the Valencian Parliament. The background to the problem is unusual to say the least: the practice known as sex and drug use. chemsex. The debate is in the air: Has Generalitat crossed the line between informing about the risks associated with this practice and encouraging people to try it? The answer depends on whether you are in the Government or in the opposition assembly.
Consell Vice President and Equality Minister Monica Oltra valued IVAJ’s actions on emotional-sexual issues to reduce the risks of sexual doping as “very positive, helpful and feminist”. chemical sex.
“All civilized countries, even the Madrid City Council, do it,” Oltra said in response to a question from the People’s Party at the plenary session of the Cortes, who accused Consel. “Encourage” “sex with drugs” with this campaign.
These tips are part of the IVAJ campaign on emotional-sexual education for young people with the slogan “Ací hi ha theme” (“Here’s a theme”) on its social networks.
Juan Carlos Caballero, youth spokesperson for the popular group in the Regional Parliament, asked Oltra “at what point did it occur to you to use IVAJ to induce and encourage young people to have sex with drugs”, “at what moment did he forget? ‘no means no’” and ‘the presidency’ How long will he extend the name of the Ministry he has served and when will he resign?
Oltra argued that all the campaigns and actions for the emotional-sexual education of young people carried out by the IVAJ are “in line with modern countries” and are part of the “Chemsex” actions in particular “chemsex”. harm reduction in all civilized countries”.
The minister affirmed that it was “wrong” that the IVAJ is running a campaign to promote drugs or sexuality and much less among minors, instead taking actions to reach certain age groups that use social networks and reduce the damage caused by the disease. chemical sex“it applies whether you like it or not”.
It was also reported that there was a survey on sexual habits and drug use among men conducted by Positive Support and approved by the Ministry of Health, with 100% of respondents reporting that they were drug users. chemical sex In 2021, 61.9% resided in the Community of Madrid and 3.2% in the Community of Valencia.
“If we’re promoting this app, it doesn’t seem to be going well for us.“Because it is minimal compared to other autonomies,” Oltra joked, and insisted that the actions promoted by IVAJ were aimed at “reducing harm” from this practice.
Oltra also read the actions promoted by the Madrid City Council in an advisory campaign against the “chemsex” practice, asked the PP what he thought about it and added: “For something they did well in Madrid, you go. and they criticize it.”
The Ciudadanos caucus also questioned the IVAJ campaign, calling it “the work of a real idiot”.
Oltra argued that politics “is there to rule reality” and that what the campaign is trying to do is “reduce the risks” of this sexual practice with drugs, “and all civilized countries do this, even the Madrid City Council.”