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THE INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF SEXUAL KNOWLEDGE IN BRAZIL: SEXOLOGY AND SEXUAL EDUCATION FROM THE XIX CENTURY TO OUR DAYS

Author(s): Bedin, Regina Celia [UNESP] ; Muzzeti, Luci Regina [UNESP] ; Marcal Ribeiro, Paulo Rennes [UNESP]

Date: 2021

Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/11449/210035

Origin: Oasisbr

Subject(s): Sexual education; Sexual knowledge; History of sexual education; Institucionalization of sexual knowledge; Brazil; Sexual education; Sexual education; Sexual knowledge; Sexual knowledge; History of sexual education; History of sexual education; Institucionalization of sexual knowledge; Institucionalization of sexual knowledge; Brazil; Brazil


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The article analyzes the construction of sexual knowledge in Brazil since the 19th century, starting from medical schools and the production of thesis; going through the first decades of the 20th century and the production of sexology and sex education books; until the 1960s, with the identification of the first schools to have sex education. Then, it analyzes the dictatorial period that the country went through, from 1964 to 1985, when medical scientific societies made studies and discussions about sex and sexuality. After the end of the dictatorship, sexual knowledge was consolidated in universities. Research groups emerged, giving new impetus to sex education, making Brazil an important pole of theoretical discussion and proposals for intervention in this field of knowledge. It ends with an analysis of the current moment, in which conservative thinking of right wing takes hold of Brazilian society and stimulates discourses and actions that are contrary to sex education and all reflections, criticisms and interventions related to gender, sexuality and freedom expression.

Univ Estadual Paulista Julio de Mesquita Filho UN, Nucleo Estudos Sexualidade NUSEX, Araraquara, SP, Brazil

Univ Estadual Paulista Julio de Mesquita Filho UN, Dept Educ, Araraquara, SP, Brazil

Univ Estadual Paulista Julio de Mesquita Filho UN, Programa Posgrad Educ Sexual, Araraquara, SP, Brazil

Univ Estadual Paulista Julio de Mesquita Filho UN, Programa Posgrad Educ Escolar, Araraquara, SP, Brazil

Univ Estadual Paulista Julio de Mesquita Filho UN, Dept Psicol Educ, Araraquara, SP, Brazil

Univ Estadual Paulista Julio de Mesquita Filho UN, Nucleo Estudos Sexualidade NUSEX, Araraquara, SP, Brazil

Univ Estadual Paulista Julio de Mesquita Filho UN, Dept Educ, Araraquara, SP, Brazil

Univ Estadual Paulista Julio de Mesquita Filho UN, Programa Posgrad Educ Sexual, Araraquara, SP, Brazil

Univ Estadual Paulista Julio de Mesquita Filho UN, Programa Posgrad Educ Escolar, Araraquara, SP, Brazil

Univ Estadual Paulista Julio de Mesquita Filho UN, Dept Psicol Educ, Araraquara, SP, Brazil

Document Type Journal article
Language Portuguese
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