Moral sexual, familia y educación en la cultura prehispánica

Abstract

This article discusses sexuality in prehispanic culture through the analysis of three essential issues: 1) the different notions of sexuality, 2) the systems of control, y 3) the individual work, ascetic or self-control that the subject must show towards it. The first part of the article talks about the relationship between sexuality, the domain of divinity and the social world. The next part analyses the education imparted in temple- churches, as well as the ideological control and the processes of coercion through punishment. The final part reflects about the relationship between ascetics or individual self-control and normative systems.