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1139/2011 - Prevention of AIDS during sexual initiation: aspects of the symbolic dimension of young men’s conducts
PREVENÇÃO DA AIDS NO PERÍODO DE INICIAÇÃO SEXUAL: ASPECTOS DA DIMENSÃO SIMBÓLICA DAS CONDUTAS DE HOMENS JOVENS

Author:

• Bruno José Barcellos Fontanella - Fontanella, BJB - Campinas, SP - UFSCar – Universidade Federal de São Carlos (SP) - <bruno.fontanella@gmail.com> +

Co-author(s):

• Romeu Gomes - Romeu Gomes - Rio de Janeiro, - Fundação Instituto Oswaldo Cruz - <romeugo@gmail.com> +
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3100-8091

Thematic Area:

Saúde e Gênero

Abstract:

To deepen the understanding of inconsistent condom use, it was aimed to characterize aspects of the symbolic meanings of their sexual practices of a group of young males. Interviews of forty-two subjects, whose sexual initiations began in late 1990, were addressed qualitatively by an analysis of statements, interpreted under the theoretical perspectives of the sexual scripts and male habitus. Participants emphasized the importance of blood screening and of a biographical analysis of their partners (to generate ‘trust‘) and tended to use a semiotics to assess the state of their partners’ health. They established a dyadic typology of these partnerships, “not fixed” and “fixed”, respectively exercising two kinds of scripts about condom use: for prevention of AIDS-STD and pregnancy or only for pregnancy prevention. The narratives seems to result, among other factors, of a biomedicalization process of aspects of their sexualities and of a desire for a stable and monogamic sexual-affective relationships. The important and recent changes in the intrapsychic and interpersonal sexual scripts do not seem, for now, accompanied by equally profound changes in cultural scripts or male habitus.

Keywords:

AIDSHealth behaviorAdolescent behaviorSexualitySelf-careMasculinity

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Fontanella, BJB, Romeu Gomes. Prevention of AIDS during sexual initiation: aspects of the symbolic dimension of young men’s conducts. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2011/Aug). [Citado em 27/09/2024]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/prevention-of-aids-during-sexual-initiation-aspects-of-the-symbolic-dimension-of-young-mens-conducts/8221



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