Sex Education II is a lecture-performance series by director Tjaša Črnigoj consisting of the sequels Diagnosis, Consent, Ability, Games and Struggle, illuminating the right to sexual pleasure from different angles and through various stage practices. All sequels are based on interviews with women who shared their personal stories, experiences and problems and on interviews with experts from different fields. Diagnosis refers to vaginismus and painful intercourse, which, according to some research, affects up to 40 percent of women. Ability is based on the stories of women with disabilities about their sexual maturation, relationship to their own bodies, sexuality and partner relationships. Games enter the realm of unconventional sexual practices, i.e. kink. Struggle is dedicated to the fight for reproductive rights in Yugoslavia.
The lecture-performances which took place in the 2022/2023 season in Nova pošta (a space co-managed by the Slovenian Youth Theater and the Maska Association), were united for the first time into a full-day event at the City of Women festival, on October 7 and 8 2023. Five lecture-performances in 2023., including the one-day events within the Ljubljana festival, were conducted within the Testing Ground project.
Slovenian illustrator Maja Poljanc responded to Sex Education II with an illustrated reflection, choosing to respond to a performance dedicated to consent, which opens up space for reflection on what consent in sex actually means and what sexual practices arise with the consent of all involved.
Poljanc used lipstick and nail polish for different versions of the illustration, producing a short video that enabled a closer look into the process.