La aceptación de la educación de la sexualidad en la escuela: Hablan 15 mil padres de familia mexicanos

Abstract

In Mexico, conservative groups are opposed to formal sexeducation in schools. Their position is that it should be provided only within the family by parents, asserting that this is a notion shared by most parents and guardians. This study implemented a questionnaire featuring both discrete and openquestions, applied to 15,000 parents in different states of the Mexican Republic.Theresults of the questionnaire were analyzed from a quantitative perspective using the SPSS program, and from a qualitative perspective using the Atlas-ti programo The sex of the people who responded was 61.8% women and 25.4% rnen,with 12.2 % failing to respondoThe average age of those providing information was31, with a minimum of 20 and a maximum of 71. Family income was distributed according to the minimum wage, with 30.7% earning 1; 46.1 %, from 2 to 5; 13.4%, from 5 to 10; and 4.8% earning over 10 minimum wages, with 4.9% failing to respondoThe maximum level of education of those polled was 5.8% preschool; 14.9% elementary school; 26.7% junior high school; 13.6% high school; 21.3% vocational studies; 15.7% university studies with 2% failing to respondo Regarding question one, 94.86% answered that they accept this education in schools, and when it was proposed that sexeducation be provided by professionals, 98% were in agreement. This article abounds in the causes behind both acceptance and rejection.