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.