Abstract

The current study examined laypeople’s perceptions of sexuality education with young children in Greece. This exploratory qualitative web research used data from a convenience and snowball sample where respondents answered the question, “What do you think about sexuality education in early childhood (children aged 2–5)?” This study’s approach is grounded on a feminist poststructuralist framework permitting the exploration and understanding of power relations through analyzing participants’ written discourses. Reflexive thematic analysis was used in the current study. This study’s sample comprised 64 participants aged 19–64 (M = 36.22, SD = 11.02). Based on this study’s results, we identified three fundamental social discourses that influenced the issue of sexuality education in the early years in Greece: the concept of childhood sexual innocence, age-appropriate arguments that oppose sexuality education with young children, and parental influence. The current study questions the role of dominant social discourses acknowledging that they operate as social rules that exert power by creating structural silence on sexuality issues.

摘要

目前的研究调查了希腊外行人对幼儿性教育的看法。这项探索性定性网络研究使用了来自便利和滚雪球样本的数据，其中受访者回答了以下问题：“您对幼儿期（2-5 岁儿童）的性教育有何看法？” 本研究的方法基于女权主义后结构主义框架，允许通过分析参与者的书面话语来探索和理解权力关系。本研究使用了反思性主题分析。本研究样本包括 64 名年龄在 19-64 岁之间的参与者（M  = 36.22，SD = 11.02）。根据这项研究的结果，我们确定了影响希腊早年性教育问题的三种基本社会话语：儿童性无罪的概念、反对幼儿性教育的适龄论点以及父母的影响。当前的研究质疑主流社会话语的作用，承认它们作为社会规则运作，通过在性问题上造成结构性沉默来发挥权力。