Z TAKTEM I DYSKRECJĄ – PODWÓJNA SPUŚCIZNA POLSKIEJ EDUKACJI SEKSUALNEJ EPOKI PRL
Tactfully and Discreetly. A Double Legacy of Polish Socialist Sex Education

Author(s): Agnieszka Kościańska
Subject(s): Anthropology, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Pre-WW I & WW I (1900 -1919), Interwar Period (1920 - 1939), WW II and following years (1940 - 1949), Post-War period (1950 - 1989), Transformation Period (1990 - 2010)
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: sexology; sex education; homosexuality; Poland; homophobia
Summary/Abstract: The chapter focuses on the development of expert approaches towards homosexuality in Poland. It shows that under state socialism sexologists and sex educators represented liberal attitudes towards homosexuality and educated the public about the need for tolerance to sexual non-normativity. At the same time, they developed a very specific indirect style of writing about non-normative sexuality that limited the possibility of discussing it. The chapter analyzes the legacy of this approach and places it in the context of today’s debates on sexuality and the growth of homophobic discourses in Poland.

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