Sexual diversity in the school context: perception and attitudes of the educators - doi: 10.4025/cienccuidsaude.v10i3.10773

Abstract

This is a qualitative study with the purpose of analyze perceptions and attitudes of primary school educators, regarding the sexual diversity in the school scenario. The Focus Group was applied to twenty-three educators of two public schools of Cajazeiras–PB. The obtained empiric material was submitted to the Technique of Content Analysis, thematic modality. The supposed tranquility which some educators accept homo-affective behaviors hides a diversity of practices and feelings. The posture of the educator is directed to re-(orient) the child/adolescent, attributing the sexual orientation of this individual as disease and /or deviation of behavior. The procedures are permeated with punitive insistence regarding which male or female forms should be established as rigidly opposite, reinforcing the hetero-normative paradigm. It calls to the reflection about the consequences and damage of the social intolerance, signing that the facing of the discrimination is founded in the adoption of public policies that defend the equality of rights and respect to the sexual diversity.