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0189/2012 - SUICIDE IN THE ELDERLY – A GENDER PERSPECTIVE
SUICÍDIO EM IDOSOS – UMA PERSPECTIVA DE GÊNERO

Author:

• Stela Nazareth Meneghel - Meneghel, S.N - Porto Alegre, RS - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul - <stelameneghel@gmail.com> +
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7219-7178

Co-author(s):

• Roger Flores Ceccon - Ceccon, R.F - Professor da Universidade de Cruz Alta - RS. Pesquisador no Grupo de Estudos em Saúde Coletiva - GESC/UFRGS - <roger.ceccon@hotmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0846-1376
• Lilian Zielke Hesler - Hesler L.Z - Enfermagem/UFRGS. Pesquisadora no Grupo de Estudos em Saúde Coletiva - GESC/UFRGS - <lilianhesler@yahoo.com.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9363-2709
• Sonia Grubits - Grubits S - Psicóloga, Pesquisadora e professora titular da Universidade Católica Dom Bosco. Coordenadora do Programa de Mestrado Pós Graduação em Psicologia da UCDB/MS - <sgrubits@uol.com.br>
• Raimunda Magalhães da Silva - SILVA, R.M - Fortaleza, CE - Enfermeira, pós-doutora em Saúde Coletiva, professora da Universidade de Fortaleza/ -UNIFOR no curso de Enfermagem e na Pós-graduação em Saúde Coletiva, Bolsista PQ/CNPq - <rmsilva@unifor.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5353-7520
• Denise Machado Duran Gutierrez - Gutierrez, D.M.D - Psicóloga Clínica, professora da Faculdade de Psicologia/UFAM - <dmdgutie@uol.com.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0031-3045
• Maria Cecília Souza Minayo - Minayo, M.C.S - Sociológa, doutora em saúde pública (FIOCRUZ) professora e pesquisadora da Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública/FIOCRUZ - <maminayo@terra.com.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6187-9301

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Abstract:

This study explores the relationship between suicide and aging on gender perspective, examining the socially imposed boundaries of masculinity and femininity in the lives of elderly people who committed suicide. It is a qualitative study in which we selected 50 psychosocial autopsies conducted with elderly relatives, belonging to 10 Brazilian cities, in the North, South, Northeast and Midwest. In this article we have identified situations of gender vulnerabilities in the lives of 13 people who committed suicide: 10 men and 3 women, selected for their exemplary character. Two main categories were listed: the first refers to femininity, including the “fate of gender” experienced by older women who commit suicide when they can no longer care for and work. The second concerns the hegemonic masculinity in crisis, in which old men die after changes in the roles of providers, caused by retirement or illness. It is noteworthy that gender norms, codes of honor, power inequalities and stereotypes affect both women and men regarding the vulnerability to suicidal behavior.

Keywords:

gender suicide femininity masculinity

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Meneghel, S.N, Ceccon, R.F, Hesler L.Z, Grubits S, SILVA, R.M, Gutierrez, D.M.D, Minayo, M.C.S. SUICIDE IN THE ELDERLY – A GENDER PERSPECTIVE. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2012/Mar). [Citado em 27/09/2024]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/suicide-in-the-elderly-a-gender-perspective/9536



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