“Quem ensina sobre sexo é papai e mamãe”: a escola e o combate ao abuso sexual infantil intrafamiliar

Abstract

The present study is inserted in the sphere of sexual violence against children and adolescents, focusing on children, as well as the criminal law linked to the statute as children and adolescents and seeks to understand the historical-social relationship of violence inside the family, in which the child was considered an object inside and outside the family environment, which are intrinsically interconnected with the cultures that were established throughout social development and family organization, notoriously influenced by the patriarchal model and macho conception, in which women and children are considered as proprieties of man. It seeks to understand also the child as a subject of rights, through the process of guaranteeing the rights of the child and adolescent. Through a current analysis of allegations of sexual abuse inside the family taken from government surveys, the need for sex education is sought as a means of combating and mainly preventing such abuse, and at the same time the difficulties faced for an effective implementation of activities within the school environment that allow the empowerment of children, so that they have science and autonomy of their bodies. In addition, it also seeks to understand the support found in the ECA and other legislations, for ensuring the inclusion of the topic of sex education within the themes already addressed by children’s education, as well as education guidelines that allow the inclusion of the topic of sexual abuse as a contribution to the absolute guarantee of child protection. The literature review and deductive method was use to conclude this study, based on the study of scientific productions in the areas of psychology, sociology, criminal law and parallel fields.