Novas e velhas configurações da sexualidade e do corpo feminino: pesquisa-ação na educação com escolares / New and Old Configurations of the Sexuality and the Feminine Body: Research-Action in the Education with Students

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2007

RESUMO

The corporal image has been very valued in the society and the medias of mass in general, reverberating intensely in the way of living of people, mainly the women. It brings implications to the health, in detriment of a lot of interventions (diets, surgeries, artificial breasts, etc), and it is observed that in gender question, in the majority of times, the feminine contingent suffers greater pressure that refers to the corporal valuation, consequently, tending to give greater attention to its body. The fidgets about image-corporal served of support for the development of the aim of this study: to identify with the female students, how the problems affect them, in the relation with their bodies; to raise information and to analyze the gotten data, to identify their necessities and interests about these questions; after that, to work actively with them from on the original subjects. The present study investigated the school environment, under the view point of the school, the female students, teatchers and families, identifying the meaning given by school of contemporary symbology of body, visualizing a beauty standard existing in the social environment and its excess of valuation. As methodological procedures, it was used research-action method, of qualitative matrix, using techniques as participant comment and interview. This study analyzed twentysix adolescents, female, between 14 and 17 years old, from a basic school from Ribeirão Preto, state of São Paulo, Brazil. The development and thematic analysis of the educative actions used the Methodological Referential of Paulo Freire, as element to establish the dialogue between researcher and students. The results revealed a great valuation of physical attributes, and beauty is an important instrument to establish social conquests and benefits to themselves. The students described their mothers as the most important familiar figure, remembered for their vigor, determination, work and affection. The imaginary of a romantic love was evidenced when the students related that to get happiness it was important to get a good marriage and children. The virginity also was an important subject and concern. Some students depreciated their colleagues, who related about their sexual experiences. The desire of being young mother also appears as information, establishing conexion with other studies, indicating: traditional education acting in the imaginary of the adolescents, less of work perspective, few possibilities to access in an college course, overall an important question of gender intervening on their future.

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pedagogical actions sexuality ações pedagógicas gênero corpo sexualidade body gender

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