Abstract
Sex education is an educational curriculum area that represents a challenge for teachers, mainly if they are men. Therefore, the present study was carried out to identify the difficulties that male teachers face when addressing sex education with their students. It seeks to broaden the subject's understanding comprehensively and reflect on it in several dimensions, considering the actors involved: The State, the school, the role of teachers, and parents. A qualitative methodology was used, with a comprehensive-interpretive approach. Four public elementary teachers from the city of Veracruz, Mexico, participated. The instrument we used was a semi-structured interview. The findings were as follows: regarding their role as an educator, they consider that it is up to them to inform students on a scientific basis about sexuality; regarding their role in sex education, they think that they have the responsibility of reinforcing in the classroom the education that parents give their children at home. The challenges refer to the claims they receive from parents for talking about sexuality with kids and the lack of precision and depth in the content of the free textbooks regarding the matter. Finally, we conclude that sex education is a joint work in which the institutions' functions, both educational and family, are interrelated.
Highlights
Sex education is an educational curriculum area that represents a challenge for teachers, mainly if they are men
The foregoing implies that various circumstances such as gender stereotypes, make it difficult for male teachers to carry out their work, especially when it comes to sex education
Teachers consider that they have the responsibility and commitment to reinforce the values and education that parents give to their children at home
Summary
Sex education is an educational curriculum area that represents a challenge for teachers, mainly if they are men. The present study was carried out to identify the difficulties that male teachers face when addressing sex education with their students. It seeks to broaden the subject's understanding comprehensively and reflect on it in several dimensions, considering the actors involved: The State, the school, the role of teachers, and parents. The foregoing implies that various circumstances such as gender stereotypes, make it difficult for male teachers to carry out their work, especially when it comes to sex education In this sense, this study aims to identify the challenges that male teachers face when addressing sexuality issues with their students and analyze the role that they consider they have in the education of children and adolescents
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