Author:

• Elaine Ferreira do Nascimento - Nascimento, EF - Niterói, Rio de Janeiro - Instituto Fernades Figueira/ Fundação Oswaldo Cruz - <elaine@iff.fiocruz.br>

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Abstract:

This paper is aimed to analyze the male sexual initiation, identifying the way the popular class youngsters understand it. The theoretical and concept references were those in which sexuality reflects wider relations that involve the person himself and society. The methodological plan features a case study under the social sciences perspectives, supported by the hermeneutic and dialectical approach, involves 19 male youngsters aged 15 to17. During young men’s conversations it is observed that certain information sources are valued instead of others on the one hand and that there is range between to permit and to forbid subjects usually related to sexuality and particularly to sexual initiation on the other hand. Youngsters associate it with something complicated, pleasure-giving, affective and consider it a learning environment. Study discoveries indicate what resources are needed to supply the public health field in order to develop technologies to provide the young men sexual demands, changing them from sexual initiation private forums to a integral health care to young men.
Key words: sexual initiation, masculinity and youth

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