Agustin Malon

Agustín Malón Marco is a Spanish academic, a Professor at the University of Zaragoza, known for his research in the fields of sexology, sociology and criminology. He has focused particularly on issues related to child sexual abuse such as social psychology behind the moral panic, myth construction, iatrogenic harm. He advocates for nuanced approach to child's sexuality.

He completed his Bachelor's degree in Pedagogy (1988-1993) at the University of Salamanca and earned a Master's degree in sexology at the In.Ci.Sex (University of Alcalá) from 1996 to 1998. He obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Zaragoza in 2004. After completing his studies, he worked as a pedagogue in vocational training and volunteering, as well as an educator for minors in protection. He later focused on sexual education and sexological counseling for youth.

In 2004, after completing his doctoral thesis, which included fieldwork conducted in Guatemala youth court, he began his teaching career as an associate professor at the University of Zaragoza. He currently holds the position of contracted doctor professor in the Department of Theory and History of Education at the Faculty of Humanities and Education Sciences on the Huesca Campus. He has been a visiting professor at other universities (Chile, Colombia) and is also a regular lecturer at the same institute where he trained as a sexologist.

His main intellectual passions lie in education and sexology, which serve as avenues for studying the human being comprehensively. His research primarily focuses on the complex relationship between eroticism and childhood in Western society, with a special emphasis on the phenomenon of child sexual abuse. He approaches his research with skepticism and eclecticism, drawing from various critical perspectives and disciplines such as pedagogy, sexology, sociology, history, psychiatry, philosophy, and law.

His notable works include the monograph "Childhood, Sexuality and Danger. The modern discourse of abuse in contemporary societies" (Originally published in Spanish by Instituto de Sexologia, 2004) which is part of his doctoral thesis and dedicated to the study of the social construction of childhood sexual abuse in the last third of the 20th century. His recent book "Contemporary Sexual Ethics. Pedagogical aspects and limits" (Tirant lo Blanch, 2016) addresses in some detail the ethical dimension of sexual experiences between children and adults. This latest work is the result of a long process of study and reflection that has generated several works, some of which appeared in the Archives of Sexual Behavior: Adult-Child Sex and the Limits of Liberal Sexual Morality (2015); Pedophilia: a diagnosis in search of a disorder (2012); The "Participating Victim" in the Study of Erotic Experiences between Children and Adults: A Historical Analysis (2011).

He also worked on a study of the evolution of the legal age of consent for sexual relationships in Spain and planned to explore the history of sexual education in Spain in his next project.