Sexuality is a comprehensive theme which influences actions and thoughts, it also influences
the way you dress and how we act and react to other people in social life. The sexuality is
present in life from the moment of fertilization and undergoes numerous changes throughout
life. Sexuality is innate, however, it manifests itself in different ways in different social
groups and sometimes even within the same social group. The paradigm that underpins this
work is the conception that sexuality is socially constructed. The objective of this research
was to analyze the conception of teachers of early childhood education on the theme of
sexuality. The research was guided by the qualitative approach, whose strategy was based on
a semi-structured interview, containing 15 questions, allowing for a conversation face to face
between the interviewer and the interviewed. The study is also characterized as a field
research, in the period of June 2016, involving 05 teachers of early childhood education in the
city of Santa Helena- PB. The results showed that the sexuality concepts of these teachers are
punctual, by focusing on very specific aspects of this theme. The concept of gender was
focused on as a result of a social construction; however, these teachers said they did not feel
prepared to approach the subject in the classroom. The representation of male and female
characteristics is polarized in four of the interviewees. The girl is described as being more
sensitive and the boy as more active. The interviewees reported a lack of information and that
they felt not prepared to work with the theme in the classroom.
