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The first step in helping ensure the availability of sexual education for young Polish women was taken by Anja Rubik, a top model working all over the world. She decided to start the #sexedpl campaign. (Business of fashion, 2019) The inspiration to start the #sexedpl campaign was the fact that sexual content bombards us from all sides of pop culture. They are permanent elements of billboards, music, fashion, advertising. However, sex itself is not a topic of public discussion, but a taboo.

In Poland, however, numbers of sexually active adolescents were growing, and they themselves were often unable to correctly answer questions about anatomy. Anja decided to create #sexedpl, whose slogan was "Poland will start talking about sex." Initially, short films with Polish celebrities and authors from such fields as art, fashion, music, and film industries were posted on social media. Basic issues of sexual education. The action brought enormous range of results, and the editorial staff of #sexedpl received many letters and various feedback, which only indicated there was a huge demand for this type of content in the Polish media.

Following the action, Ana Rubik created a book in which the most important problems of sexual education are comprehensively explained, even those that are controversial. Targets are young people who want to learn about sex, but are afraid to ask about topics that interest them. These are interviews with specialists in many fields, including sex, body, anatomy, psychology, sociology, as well as interviews with young people who want to speak. For example, the PONTON Group of Sex Educators or lawyers from the Federation for Women and Family Planning. The book was intended to be comprehensive, inclusive and easily accessible. Therefore, its price is half lower than a typical book in Polish bookshops. It was promoted at many youth events, such as workshops, classes and lectures. Anja Rubik won the 'Good Deed' award for her work, and her fight for gender equality and women's rights was recognized by the Gals for Gals foundation.

Currently, #sexedpl is the non-governmental organization helping young Poles. #sexedpl acts as an organization and platform for adolescents (but not only) and helps them learn about sexuality, answer the most important questions, and be a medium to support. They organize workshops or online meetings with experts in fields dealing with issues including sexuality, body, adolescence, but also psychology. Their Instagram @sexedpl is also engaged, where they post knowledge, curiosities, do quizzes, reply to messages or start discussions. They employ about 10 people. The company is constantly developing. They regularly cooperate with sexologists and psychologists. They create a space for conversation, answer readers' doubts, but above all, they make comprehensive studies of various topics related to sexuality, including masturbation, diseases, for the first time how to talk about taboos, but also talk about the most important topics, including informed consent.

In Poland, insufficient sexual education affects every area of people's lives, especially young women. They have difficult access to contraceptive abortion and comprehensive research but are also not educated about such concepts as informed consent. Polish society is practically uneducated about LGBT people and sexual minorities. However, the idea of introducing comprehensive sex education to schools still causes concern and concern for many Poles. Above all, they fear the sexualization of children, that science will be inconsistent with the teaching of the Catholic Church, the leading religion in Poland, and it will encourage young people to engage in earlier sexual relations.

An example is a bill enacted by law and justice imposing the punishment of people who persuade young people to co-exist. He assumed that any talk about the sexuality of young people, explaining to them various issues or even describing access to contraception, access to contraception, was considered to encourage to have intercourse, and, therefore, was to be punishable even by imprisonment. It would put teachers, psychologists, gynecologists, often even parents, at risk. The law has been widely criticized around the world, including by Amnesty International, the influence of the Catholic Church on youth education and women's rights. This law would further restrict their access to education to know and know how they can claim their rights. The bill is now submitted to the parliament and is still awaiting its consideration, and many Poles are counting on its negative result.

Rose, L. (2015) Let’s Talk about Sex: Gender, Nation, and Sex Education in Contemporary Poland [Online Available at: https://etd.ohiolink.edu/apexprod/rws_etd/send_file/send?accession=osu1429729458&disposition=inline (Accessed 24 April 2021) ]

Social activity
Anja Rubik has been involved in social activities, especially in recent years. She does not hide that she has feminist views, strives for equality and respect for the rights of every human being. Despite the risk of losing her image and criticizing the media or the Catholic Church, she speaks on important social topics. (Bloomberg, 2019) He took part in the Black Protest in Poland in 2016 and 2020, after first attempting and then tightening the abortion law in Poland. She encouraged her recipients in social media to do so, and gave her platform more accessible to activists, and passed on important updates and information. Internship on the side of LGBT people, fights for the rights of women and Polish citizens. (Rubik, A., 2020) She also promotes the Gals for Gals campaign, which informs and educates about the situation of women in Poland. Rubik is engaged in 2020, when in Poland there were protests regarding the tightening of the abortion law by the Constitutional Tribunal. Anja used her voice and to express her support for the Women's Strike, she appeared on the cover of Vouge Poland. “She photographed herself with the symbols so dear to millions of our countrywomen. We stand by you.”

Anja also fights for universal access to reliable and inclusive sex education. In an interview with 323c, she admitted her inspiration was the fact that sex is present in pop culture. Sexuality surrounds society from all sides, but it is still a taboo subject. To create a space for this, she organized the #sexedpl campaign herself, where, together with celebrities and Polish authorities, she released films containing the most important information on sex education. The content of the movies was developed by specialists like sexologists and doctors, but the movies were directed by Rubik. The variety of the action was huge, and due to its popularity, Rubik decided to continue it. She published a book where she played the role of a journalist, asking specialists, doctors and teenagers questions on knowledge about sex, the body, relationships and maturation issues. The book was affordable and advertised as having the most important issues of sexual education. All the profit of the sale of the book went to the development of the #sexedpl action. Currently, this organization employs a dozen people, with Anja at the head The mission of spreading sex education is still continued by Anja. Anja is often accused of incompetence, or her knowledge and experience are diminished, pointing to the fact that she is only a model. The biggest criticism often comes from the Catholic Church, which accuses it of sexualizing the youngest. Despite criticism for many young people, she is still an authority. It gave a lot of space for discussions in Poland about sex education, the possibility of introducing it to schools, access to the possibility to decide about your body.

Although the #sexedpl action was discussed all over the world and found much approval, its activities for young people and women raise significant controversy in Poland. Action sexedpl has many supporters and people who point out how helpful Anja's content was, but simultaneously has many opponents and critics. Even the president of the ruling party in Poland, Jarosław Kaczyński, has joined their group, calling Anja's actions a threat to Polish families and corrupting youth. And she does not get much praise in the Catholic Church. Although her book was supposed to be as inclusive, and even people who decide to temporarily abstain from sexual activity, do not use contraception or reject masturbation, they can still find much content for themselves. There are not many catholic environments, because they look at it with serious distance and anxiety. They are unfavourable to this book, indicated it is rather not something that they could use. Anja has the label of a radical feminist who wants to sexualize young Poles. She is seen that way by a very conservative environment. She had a chance to be exposed to criminalization and actions by introducing a law by law and justice that talked about imprisoning people who in any way encourage young people to engage in sexual activities. This definition would also include saying sex education. A large part of the public indicated that this law would come into force, Anja would probably have a trial. The law has not yet been approved by the Polish government, and the case is being fought by many activists who wish that teaching about human sexuality should not be considered as anything that may be punishable by imprisonment.