Cultura Sexual, pioneer in sexological-educational journalism in Colombia (1960s)

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53897/RevInterp.2025.04.05

Keywords:

Press, Print Media, Sex Education, Colombian Sex Revolution, 1960 decade

Abstract

In early 1960s decade, several publications emerged in Colombia, both erotical and educational about sex. In Medellín, Cultura Sexual magazine dared to address erotical and sexual topics with an educational perspective and scientific and informative interest. Its example spread throughout that decade and following, joining the print products that sought —from scientific and educational view— to provide a serious and les alarmist angle of a dimensión that had become popular 60 years ago: human sexuality.

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Author Biography

Wilmar Vera Zapata, Universidad Católica Luis Amigó

Email: wilmar.veraza@amigo.edu.co

Born in Medellín, Colombia. He is a social communicator-journalist with a master's degree in

History and a doctoral candidate in Human and Social Sciences at the National
University of Colombia, Medellín campus. He has worked as a journalist and university professor. He is affiliated with the Luis Amigó Catholic University,
where he teaches history and journalism. His research focuses on contemporary history and journalism.

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Published

2025-09-24

How to Cite

Vera Zapata, W. (2025). Cultura Sexual, pioneer in sexological-educational journalism in Colombia (1960s). Interpretextos Revista Semestral De creación Y divulgación De Las Humanidades (Colima), 2(4), 73–103. https://doi.org/10.53897/RevInterp.2025.04.05