Brazilians are less conservative than the noise of social networks suggests when what is at stake is the school education of children and adolescents.
This is what the Education, Values and Rights survey reveals, coordinated by the organizations CENPEC and Ação Educativa.
For 99% of the population, attending school is important for children.
Phrases such as the public school must respect all religious beliefs, including Candomblé, Umbanda and people who have no religion, and the school needs to address issues such as poverty and social inequality reached agreement rates above 90%.
For Wagner Santana, consultant for Ação Educativa, the research indicates that the conservative agenda, taken up by the Executive Power, by the Congress and state legislatures, is not a priority for the population.
According to the survey, 7 out of 10 Brazilians agree that sex education should be addressed in the school environment, even in the midst of campaigns by organized movements to curb teaching about gender and sexuality called gender ideology by conservatives.
Still in the area of sex education, more than 90% agree that debating the issue in the classroom helps children and adolescents to prevent abuse, and that students should receive information about laws that punish violence against women at school.
The majority (81%) agree that schools should promote people's right to live out their sexuality, whether they are heterosexual or LGBT.
Translated by Kiratiana Freelon