Presentation of the monograph. Affective-sexual education and sexual violence: feminist keys to equality

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https://doi.org/10.17979/arief.2026.11.1.13104

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The monograph Affective-Sexual Education and Sexual Violence: Feminist Keys to Equality positions Affective-Sexual Education (ASE) as a strategic area for building more egalitarian societies and preventing sexual violence. From a feminist perspective, ASE cannot be understood as an accessory or specific content within educational policies, but rather as a structural tool for social transformation linked to democracy, rights and social justice. Sexuality is approached as a social and political dimension, closely related to the socialisation processes that organise bonds, desires and power relations between women and men. SE is a fundamental right of children and adolescents, supported by international organisations, and plays a central role in reducing gender inequalities and situations of vulnerability. Sexual violence is not an exceptional phenomenon, but rather a consistent expression of a system of inequality that assigns different values to individuals and sexuality based on sex. In this context, EAS contributes to challenging the gender mandates associated with masculinity and femininity, weakening the cultural underpinnings that legitimise sexual violence. In EAS, consent is a key pedagogical focus, understood as a relational practice that involves desire, communication and recognition of boundaries. Furthermore, pornography must be critically addressed as one of the main contemporary challenges of EAS, given its influence on sexual socialisation. On the other hand, the prevention of sexual violence requires sustained institutional commitment, specific teacher training and the structural implementation of EAS, conceived as a long-term educational process.

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2026-01-30

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Presentation of the monograph. Affective-sexual education and sexual violence: feminist keys to equality. (2026). Atlánticas. Revista Internacional de Estudios Feministas, 11(1), 2-6. https://doi.org/10.17979/arief.2026.11.1.13104