Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: This article problematizes comprehensive sex education from the perspective of adolescents that participate in student organizations within Uruguay's secondary education system. Drawing on digital ethnographies and analytical techniques applied to over a thousand social media posts, ten interviews, and six participant observations, the study examines the thirty active student organizations operating between 2022 and 2024. Although the notion of “comprehensive sex education” is not explicitly invoked in the discourse of these groups, their repertoires of action reveal the centrality of sexuality and gender issues in their agendas. The article analyzes six concrete initiatives in this regard: “Diversity Weeks” aimed at deconstructing dress codes, the celebration of “Pride Day,” self-organized “Sexuality Workshops,” the creation of “Women’s collectives,” protests “Against sexist Violence” during the “#8M” mobilizations, and the “Red Project” on menstrual hygiene. These student organizations' actions show strong connections with the broader Uruguayan social movement, as adolescents adopt and re-signify traditional slogans and practices from their own student and generational standpoint.
Source: Revista del IICE
Institution: Universidad de la República de Uruguay
Language: English
Subfield: Gender Studies
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W7204917029