Molina-Berrío DP. Beyond the biological dimension: educators’ meanings on sexuality. Interface (Botucatu). 2025; 29: e250243 Doi:https://doi.org/10.1590/interface.250243
Abstracts
The objective of this study was to understand the meanings about sexuality held by educators who support the Comprehensive Sexuality Education project at an educational institution in Medellín, Colombia. A qualitative research project was conducted using a critical approach, with a case study as its methodological design. The results indicate that, for teachers, sexuality is a complex web composed of three dimensions: biological, psychological, and political; additionally framed in an inescapable relationship with morality and taboo. These results demonstrate the richness of meanings educators hold about sexuality, transcending an essentialist idea of sexuality, as they place it within political, sociological, and philosophical discussions. These results conflict with other studies, according to which teachers’ understanding of sexuality is limited to its biological dimension.
Keywords
Sexuality; Sex education; Educator; Morale
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