Supermodel Takes On Catholic Poland With Sex Education Campaign

[trotsky]

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-02-08/sex-talking-supermodel-takes-on-catholic-poland

Supermodel Anja Rubik could be a symbol of any modern, progressive European country. After joining a campaign to defend women’s rights, she started tackling school sex education and published a book for teenagers that sought to counter the teachings of the Catholic Church.

In her native Poland, it means she’s fighting against the political tide. Indeed, Rubik’s drive says less about the momentum that brought gay marriage to Spain and abortion to Ireland and more about the resurgent forces of Christian conservatism being harnessed by the nationalist government.

This is a country where Jesus Christ was appointed as the official king, Muslim refugees have been accused of spreading disease and barred, and opponents talk of a return to medieval times. The narrative is that homosexuality can be cured and condoms are bad. Human Rights Watch attacked Poland this week for its treatment of women’s rights groups.

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“We’re not progressing, we’re going backwards, in a sense back to the 19th century,” said Rubik, 35, who started her modelling career two decades ago and has worked for some of the biggest fashion houses, including Yves Saint Laurent and Dolce & Gabbana. That’s “against fundamental, constitutional rights to information and education,” she said.

[Cartoonist]

1. Official King?

I missed this. Poland has gone mad.

[Voltaire2]

2. Poland and Hungary have slipped into

fascism. We are living in perilous times.