4. Tommi Paalanen - Finland

Sigga Dögg sexologist

Tommi Paalanen is an ethicist and sexologist from Finland (residing in Helsinki) where he runs Sexpo, a non-profit organisation, working in the field of sexuality and relationships. The foundation provides sexual counselling and therapy services for individuals, couples and other relationship constellations, and trains sexual counsellors, therapists, educators and other professionals working in the field of sexuality. Tommi has done extensive work on various sexual matters (his CV speaks volumes about him - check it out here below) so when we got talking we REALLY got talking! We went into nudity, sex work, disabled people and sexual rights, nudity, politics, sauna culture, and Moomin people (kidding! Thats stereotyping and I would n-e-v-e-r do that!e-v-e-r!) More about Tommi (borrowed from his facebook profile): I am a Finnish Philosopher and Ethicist (MA, DSocSci), whose major interests are philosophical sexual ethics, professional ethics, philosophy of law, human & sexual rights and sexual politics. I work as the Executive Director in the Sexpo Foundation, which specialises in training sexologists, providing counselling and therapy and engaging in sexual politics in order to advance sexual wellbeing. My other notable positions are Chair of the Sexual Rights Committee of The World Association for Sexual Health, Chair of the Ethical Committee of the Nordic Association for Clinical Sexology, and Chair of the Committee on Sexual Ethics of the Finnish Association for Sexology among other positions of trust. I am very fond of political activism to advance positive, open and liberal culture towards sexuality and diversity in society.