Manifestações da sexualidade infantil: percepção de pais e professoras de crianças de 0 a 6 anos

• Autor(a) principal: Maia, Ana Cláudia Bortolozzi [UNESP]
• Data de Publicação: 2010
• Outros Autores: Spaziani, Raquel Baptista [UNESP]
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UNESP
• Texto Completo: http://www.periodicos.udesc.br/index.php/linhas/article/view/2017; http://hdl.handle.net/11449/125077
• topic: Infant sexuality; Childhood. Sex education; Early childhood education; Sexualidade infantil; Infância; Educação sexual; Educação infantil

This article presents a descriptive-qualitative study aimed at investigating the perception of seven teachers, 5 parents and 18 mothers about the sexual expression of children until 6 years old, through a questionnaire with semi-open questions for content analysis. The sexual behavior identified by adults at home or school refers mainly to gender issues and the discovery of the body: the children reproduce conceptions of masculine and feminine, they manipulate their own bodies or that of others, and they talk about dating, kissing in the mouth and sex. The teachers have a higher perception of the children’s sexual behaviors than their parents at home, because they are more explicit in school. Teachers report that the observed behaviors cause anxiety and discomfort, while the parents report that they usually talk with their children about the theme. In general, there are reports of little knowledge about how to deal with children’s sexual manifestations: for teachers, who have little academic training in the area of sexuality, and for the family, who show some personal and moral difficulties. It was concluded that participants understand children as having sexuality because they perceive different expressions of infant sexuality that are typical in the development. It is necessary to invest in teachers’ academic and continuing education in early childhood, and in a joint work with family and school, in search of a positive experience of an emancipatory sexual education for children.