The Unstable Acceptance of Homosexuality. The Case of Elitist Catholic Schools in Santiago de Chile

Authors

  • Pablo Astudillo Lizama Université Paris V Descartes

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4067/S0718-73782016000200003

Keywords:

Sexual education, Catholic school, Homosexuality, Individuation, Recognition

Abstract

Within elitist catholic schools, homosexuality is treated as the result of conciliation between contemporary norms guaranteeing an individual’s coherent sexuality, and ecclesiastic rules defining a school’s educational program. Supposedly, catholic schools would be hostile towards non-dominant sexualities; however, different factors contribute to the emergence of an “accepting” treatment of homosexuality. That “acceptance”, nevertheless, is based on limited reflexivity regarding the process of sexual individuation. As a result, there is partial recognition of the homosexual person, and it is important to expose the hidden social traps that prevent a complete recognition from taking place. In a way, what we observe in catholic schools is also part of a much larger social process. The advance of political forms of acceptance towards homosexuality sometimes coexists with a much subtler structure of homophobia, whose eradication requires going beyond the apparent acceptance of the “other” that presently dominates this social space.

Author Biography

Pablo Astudillo Lizama, Université Paris V Descartes

Sociólogo, Máster en sociología, especialidad Género, Política y Sexualidad de la Escuela de Altos Estudios en Ciencias Sociales (EHESS) de París. Doctorante en sociología de la Universidad Paris V. Tesista asociado al Centre de Recherche sur les Liens Sociaux (CERLIS), especializado en temáticas de género, sexualidad, diferenciación social y educación y al proyecto Anillo de Investigación Conicyt "Normalidad, Diferencia, Educación". Ha publicado artículos en relación a la diferenciación social en los espacios de sociabilidad homosexual y actualmente se ha especializado en cuestiones relativas a la educación sexual y afectiva en escuelas católicas de élite en Santiago de Chile.

Published

2016-11-01

How to Cite

Astudillo Lizama, P. (2016). The Unstable Acceptance of Homosexuality. The Case of Elitist Catholic Schools in Santiago de Chile. Revista Latinoamericana De Educación Inclusiva - Latin American Journal of Inclusive Educatio, 10(2), 21–37. https://doi.org/10.4067/S0718-73782016000200003