Totems and taboos of youth sexuality. Educating to “emerge” within the emergency = I totem e i tabù della sessualità giovanile. Educare a “emergere” nell’emergenza

This paper investigates the relationship between desireand transgressionin youth sexuality, arguing that this binomial remains central in the contemporary society despite the apparent decline of traditional ta-boos. Through phenomenological and dialectical approaches, it explores how gender norms persist as totemic structures, shaping experiences of identity, crisis, and transformation in adolescent and post-adolescent con-texts.