PAVLO BLONSKYI – THE FOUNDER OF SEXUAL PEDAGOGY
Keywords:
sexuality, puberty, sexual pedagogics, erotica, libido, first love, love, sexual educationAbstract
The topicality of senior pupils’ sexual socialization has been analyzed. Historical preconditions of forming a new trend in pedagogy have been determined. Pavlo Blonskyi’s role in the history of sexual pedagogy has been disclosed, its methodological foundations determined by the researcher have been analyzed. A critical analysis of his main works devoted to the development of the ideas of sexual pedagogy has been carried out. The character of the sexual anomaly which the scientist investigated for better understanding of the children’s sexuality was analyzed. The analysis of Blonskyi’s main methods of experimental study of children’s sexuality was critically evaluated. Great attention is paid to the main idea of Blonskyi’s theory according to which in normal conditions libido increases only during puberty. The tries of Blonskyi to point out the peculiarities of sexual feelings and worries of children of different genders were characterized and that is valuable for the development of sexual pedagogics. The ideas of Blonskyi about the first love and its sublimating influence on the sexual desire of children were analyzed. Main reasons of premature erotization and deviations from the norms of children’s sexuality, characterized by P. Blonskyi in different works, have been determined. Blonskyi’s approaches to sex education have been analyzed, his anxiety about teachers and parents ignorance of the problem has been shown.
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