Construction of infant sexuality in the family environment

Abstract

The construction of infant sexuality is invisible in society. Adults consider infant children (boys and girls) to be asexual and taboos about human sexuality persist. Hiding the topic will maintain ignorance about child sexuality.  Research on sexuality has focused on puberty and adolescents as periods of sexual development in humans. The objective is to verify if, through a training process, the ways in which parents provide training and information about sexuality to their sons and daughters change. An infant sexuality program was implemented for the legal guardians of the children in an early childhood program in the city of Quito. This research is quasi-experimental.  Survey will be given at the beginning and end of the program to people directly and indirectly responsible of the program. Additionally, there will be an experimental and a control group. The final conclusion is that the program had a significant impact on the change of perspective of the parents. It includes the practices of various possibilities of sexual education with their sons and daughters. In the future, there is the possibility to educate parents in the school and community environment to improve the quality of life and family management.