“Eles [os/as discentes] sempre gostam, têm muita expectativa, ficam ansiosos pra ter logo a disciplina”: as possibilidades e os impasses com o ensino da sexualidade na escola

Abstract

In times of hate speech and persistent retaliation for working with sexuality in education, this article analyzes the potentialities and the impasses of approaching this issue in the school space. The research is anchored in the post-critical referents and was developed in municipal schools of Jequié-BA that present the discipline Education for Sexuality in the curricular matrix of the final years of elementary school. For the production and analysis of data, we conducted semistructured interviews with eleven teachers who teach the discipline. The existence of a curricular component destined to the teaching of sexuality guarantees a place for the discussions distancing themselves from the discontinuous and punctual actions, besides that, there is an involvement of the students with the discipline, giving opportunities for dialogue, including themes such as gender and sexual diversity. However, there is the risk of imprisoning the debates about sexuality in this space, disowning the other teachers in working with the theme.