Ontic structure of a man as a basis of the universal model of
sexual education
Dr hab. T. B. Kulik, prof. KUL, Medical Academy in Lublin,
POLAND
Mgr A.Linca, Institute of Pedagogy, Catholic University of
Lublin, POLAND
The concept of a human and its interpretation are essential for
every kind of education, including the sexual one. There’s been the subsequent
hypothesis stated: beginning with the ontic structure of a man, it’s possible
to define a goal of the universal model of sexual education. The research done
was of a theoretical character. Method of analysis and synthesis of the
bibliographical material gained from the anthropology, philosophy, psychology
and pedagogy was used. The research resulted in: (1) apprehension and
interpreting a man as a natural material which is supposed to be the perfect
stadium of the environmental evolution. Within such a concept, the answer to a
question on what a man is comes through appealing to the rights of nature and
development of nature (especially the view of Huxley’s or Teilhard de Chardin’s
theories of evolution; the concept is also present in the Marks’ philosophy,
in the psychoanalytical thought, as well as in naturalism and structuralism). On
the other hand, (2) apprehension of a man as a person exhibiting his
spirituality and – especially – his self-consciousness (beginning with the
Des Cartes thought) evolved. A man can therefore be considered both: as “res –
natura” – a particular biological material on the way of his development,
facing environmental constraints and carrying the signs of his own activity or
in the existential measure that creates his own spiritual face from the inside
of a human being. A man, according to his substantial structure, is composed of
body and soul. He is the psychophysical unity. His deeds and behavior exist as
the features of both: body and soul. That also refers to his sexual activities.
Deeds of the man’s sexual sphere never appear as purely physical ones. They
are always both: physical and psychical at the same time. Sexual impulse is
never just an isolated, quite a physical matter. Actually, it is related to the
real psychical experience. According to nature, sexuality of a man doesn’t
work as a self-existing rush, aiming at fulfilling the sexual desire, but is
present in a context of needs of the psychical nature and by expressing
tenderness, fondness, love, a will and aspiration to experience an intimate
meeting with the other person. Research has shown that a man tends towards full
bond of love and only then can be happy, when his sexual surrendering takes
place within the above mentioned order. The conclusion appears that the goal of
sexual education cannot only be the physical sphere which relies on
understanding the sexuological bases and rules of the sexual development. It
should also include psychical sphere which relies on development of mutual love
and is able to create righteous relation with another person. All the concepts
of sexual education should avoid the views of a man that overemphasize any of
his dimensions: either biological or psychological. Determining the goal of
sexual education resulting from the ontic structure of a man inspires
undertaking trials of searching for a model of universal sexual education in a
pluralistic world.