Tabu ou proteção?: o papel da escola de educação infantil no enfrentamento da violência sexual contra crianças

Abstract

This research seeks to reflect and discuss issues related to the child's vulnerability to sexual violence in early childhood, and the possibilities of the Early Childhood Education school to fulfill its role, constituting itself as a child protection environment, through its stance towards discussions about sexuality and childhood. The methodology for conducting this research, of a qualitative nature, is based on a conceptual discussion,°based on a bibliographic research, and also on a field research. In the literature review stage, the available studies on sexuality and sexuality in childhood were based, with reference to authors such as Guacira Lopes Louro, Jane Felipe, Patrícia Abel°Balestrin, and Michel Focault. Also, the look at childhood and its rights of protection, through documents such as the Convention on the Rights of Children, the Statute of the Child and Adolescent, and the Law of Guidelines and Bases of National Education, in addition to the collection of data on sexual violence. Subsequently, in the field research, the "collection" of narratives written by educators of all levels of Early Childhood Education was carried out, about the experiences they experienced in the daily life of the school in relation to sexuality. Thus, through the analysis of the narratives and the discussion established with the studies on sexuality, it was concluded that the educators still have doubts and insecurities about how to act in situations involving childhood sexuality, thus characterizing a scenario of disinformation. Even in these circumstances, educators demonstrated effort and sensitivity in attempts to help children. In view of this, access to knowledge about childhood sexuality does not seem to be an obvious path, prompting investment in the permanent training of teachers, so that the Early Childhood Education school can be constituted as an environment for the protection of children.