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Doing It! with Hannah Witton

Censorship and Culturally Specific Sex Ed with Rayka Kumru

Doing It! with Hannah Witton

Global Media & Entertainment

Health & Fitness, Relationships, Sexuality, Society & Culture

4.8651 Ratings

🗓️ 5 August 2020

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Hannah is joined by Rayka Kumru, who is a digital sexual health expert. Rayka discusses the types of censorship that exist around sexuality and the double standards around them. She and Hannah talk about what culturally appropriate sex ed means, and the differences that Rayka has seen in LGBT pride celebrations in Turkey and places like the US. Finally, Hannah and Rayka discuss periods, and the concept of virginity.

✨MORE ABOUT RAYKA KUMRU✨
Rayka Kumru is a digital sexual health expert and currently works in knowledge translation. Find out more about her here:
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/raykakumru/
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/raykakumru
- Website: https://www.raykakumru.com/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCndhenhtWCHa-b38wu61d7w

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Transcript

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0:00.0

You see companies that do not value or have never hired a trans person suddenly sell

0:05.3

T-shirts that say trans rights or human rights.

0:08.0

Yeah.

0:08.3

While that's important, that's a very important and critical message to communicate.

0:12.9

But then it's like you're taking advantage of a specific group that you have never come into contact with before.

0:23.4

Welcome to Doing It with me, Hannah Witten, where we talk all things, sex, relationships,

0:29.6

dating, and our bodies.

0:35.3

Hello, welcome back to doing it.

0:38.1

This week's episode covers a wide range of topics, and they are all equally fascinating,

0:43.7

so I hope that you enjoy.

0:45.6

My guest today is Raika Kumru, who is a digital sexual health expert.

0:50.6

We met in February this year at this event we both attended and spoke at called

0:56.7

Switched On in Istanbul, which was hosted by UNESCO, which is the United Nations Educational,

1:03.2

scientific and Cultural Organization. If you're interested in learning more about that event,

1:08.3

I did a video, which is on my my YouTube channel on my experience there and what

1:12.1

I learned from all of the different talks and speakers, which I'll link in the show notes.

1:17.8

At Switchdown, Riker did a talk about the different types of censorship that exist, especially

1:22.9

around sexuality and the double standards around that, which was one of my favorite sessions.

1:29.5

And we talk about that in this episode too.

1:32.3

Riker is from Turkey and currently living in Vancouver, Canada, and she has two master's degrees.

1:38.3

What?

1:39.2

Like I said, we cover a lot in this episode from what culturally appropriate sex ed means to periods, virginity,

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