Abstract

BARBOSA, Inaê Iabel  and  OLIVEIRA, Amurabi. The “fight against ‘gender ideology’” and its Impact on the teaching of human and social sciences. Acta Educ. [online]. 2024, vol.46, n.1, e68066.  Epub Dec 01, 2023. ISSN 2178-5201.  https://doi.org/10.4025/actascieduc.v46i1.68066.

This study focuses on the contemporary debate surrounding the so-called ‘gender ideology’, analyzing, through a literature review, the process of incorporation of this debate by the so-called ‘new right’ in the Brazilian context starting from 2013. In the midst of the political transformations that occurred during this period, the impeachment against Dilma Rousseff in 2016 and the subsequent election of Jair Bolsonaro in 2018 stand out. The so-called ‘fight against gender ideology’ gained even more visibility in the field of education, with a notable role played by the ‘Escola sem Partido’ (School without Party) movement, founded in 2004. Projects inspired by this movement, aimed at limiting teachers' autonomy, gained popularity in Brazil, leading to a continuous process of surveillance of these professionals, particularly regarding discussions about gender and sexuality. In this context, we find that teachers in the humanities and social sciences are especially affected by these actions, as gender studies are integral to their disciplinary fields. Furthermore, we observe that the main mechanism employed by these movements is to deny the scientific character of gender studies, suggesting that they encompass topics that should remain within the private sphere and, therefore, taught by families and not by schools. However, we argue that this debate should be brought to the center of pedagogical practice, considering its social and scientific relevance.

Keywords : gender ideology; teaching, teaching of humanities and social sciences; right-wing radicalism.

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