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‘Turn On’ in the Digital World

Jakarta, CNN Indonesia

health day sexual It is celebrated worldwide on September 4 every year.

Through this commemoration, the World Association For Sexual Health invites the public to be more open about the importance of talking about sexuality in public spaces. The reason is that talking about sexuality in public spaces is still considered taboo by some people.

World Sexual Health Day is celebrated in nearly 60 countries around the world. Every year various themes are raised in accordance with the message to be conveyed to the public.

The theme raised in 2021, as reported by the official website of the World Association for Sexual Health, is ‘Turn it on: Sexual health in a digital world’.

This theme is deliberately taken as a form of message to people who have used the social world in their daily lives that violations of sexual rights that are directly related to sexual health also often occur in cyberspace.

The World Health Organization (WHO) as reported by Center For Disease Control and Prevention said sexual health is not only related to physical but involves emotions, mental to social relationships of a person.

Therefore, it is important to maintain sexual health because various diseases can arise if this is not maintained optimally.

Two -Eyed Sword Named Technology

In this era, society can hardly be separated from technology. The development of technology is advancing rapidly even all countries in the world have used the internet as an inseparable part of life.

Various things, including knowledge about sexual health and reproductive organs, can be accessed through the internet and technology. Of course this is an advantage for some people.

However, the use of the internet and technology is also not only good with regard to sexual health. Accessing information related to sex is easy but not everyone can tell which information is accurate and reliable or even misleading.

The internet is also often used as a tool for sexual transactions. Confidentiality, so that someone’s privacy can be leaked at any time.

Not even a little sexual harassment and cyber bullying in the sexual context in the digital world also often happens.

Therefore, it is necessary to open our eyes to the importance of talking about sexual health in the digital world. This is also in accordance with the theme raised in the commemoration of World Sexual Health Day.

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