Gênero e sexualidade: abordagem em sala de aula pelos professores de ciências.

Abstract

With many forms of discrimination and inequality due to features that are considered different from the patterns imposed by society, it is essential to bring to class topics such as gender and sexuality. It is imperative to build a society with equal rights and all the humans are treated with respect. Gender is a social construction and it can occur in two different ways, gender identity and gender expression. Sexuality is related to how a person desires the other. Such issues must be worked out daily in the students’ life. This work aims to seek information on how teachers have been working these topics, whether they talk about sexual education according to the PCNs. To this end, interviews were conducted with Science teachers (Biology, Physics and Chemistry) from a State School in Fortaleza- CE. Ten teachers from Adauto Bezerra High School took part in the interview, 6 men and 4 women. They were asked about biological sex, sexuality, gender and approach to this topic in class. They easily answered the question about what is the biological sex, however, in other questions there was doubt, as when they tried to define gender and sexuality. Physics teachers reported having difficulties to address the topics in class. However, a few of them said they always discuss gender and sexuality and this is common, especially in biology content. Based on the difficult presented by the professors to address gender and sexuality in class and believing this problem is general, it is suggested teachers’ ongoing formation and professional training on sexual education.