0271/2015 - A construção da sexologia como profissão em Portugal: composição de um grupo profissional e tipos de sexólogos The construction of Sexology as a profession in Portugal: professional group composition and types of sexologists
• Violeta Alarcão - Alarcão, Violeta - Faculty of Medicine of Lisbon, Institute of Preventive Medicine and Public Health - <violeta.alarcao@gmail.com>
Coautor(es):
• Fernando Luís Machado - Machado, Fernando Luís - University Institute of Lisbon (CIES-IUL), Department of Sociologia of ISCTE - <fernando.machado@iscte.pt>
• Alain Giami - Giami, Alain - Institut de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, INSERM - <alain.giami@inserm.fr>
Área Temática:
Ciências Sociais
Resumo:
Este estudo visa discutir a emergência da profissão de sexólogo em Portugal, comparando a sua evolução com as tendências internacionais. Procura igualmente compreender as autoidentificações profissionais dos sexólogos e os sentidos que eles lhes atribuem. A informação empírica apresentada resulta de um inquérito por questionário a 91 sexólogos identificados através das principais associações profissionais e de 44 entrevistas aprofundadas junto de peritos selecionados através de uma amostragem intencional para assegurar a diversidade dos sexólogos portugueses. Os resultados do inquérito indicam que em média o sexólogo português tem 43 anos, é maioritariamente do sexo feminino, não-médico, e tem formação em sexologia. Considerando as habilitações, os percursos profissionais e atividades desenvolvidas no campo, e os discursos dos entrevistados relativos aos seus ideais de profissão, obtivemos uma tipologia com cinco categorias: sexólogos por vocação, sexólogos pela prática clínica, sexólogos por certificação, sexólogos-cientistas sociais e sexólogos por mediatização. A pesquisa identificou uma interessante diversidade de práticas e conceções profissionais no campo da sexologia portuguesa. Ser sexólogo parece estar mais ligado aos ideais sobre a profissão do que ao tempo dedicado à mesma.
Palavras-chave:
sexologia
sexólogo
profissões
Portugal
Abstract:
This study aims to discuss the emergence of the profession of sexologist in Portugal, comparing its development with international trends. This research also seeks to understand the self-identifications of sexologists and the meanings they assigned to them. The empirical information presented derives from a survey conducted with 91 Portuguese sexologists identified through the leading professional associations and from 44 in-depth interviews with experts purposefully recruited to guarantee the diversity of Portuguese sexologists. The results of the survey indicate that the Portuguese sexologist is in average 43 years old, is mainly female, a non-medical doctor, and has training in Sexology. Considering the qualifications of the interviewees, their professional pathways and the activities they develop in the field, and the discourses related to their ideals of the profession, we have reached a typology with five types: sexologists by vocation, sexologist by clinical practice, sexologists by certification, sexologists-social scientists, and sexologists by mediatization. The survey identified an interesting diversity of practices and professional conceptions in the field of Sexology in Portugal. Be sexologist seems more connected to the ideals of the profession than the time devoted to the same.
The construction of Sexology as a profession in Portugal: professional group composition and types of sexologists
Resumo (abstract):
This study aims to discuss the emergence of the profession of sexologist in Portugal, comparing its development with international trends. This research also seeks to understand the self-identifications of sexologists and the meanings they assigned to them. The empirical information presented derives from a survey conducted with 91 Portuguese sexologists identified through the leading professional associations and from 44 in-depth interviews with experts purposefully recruited to guarantee the diversity of Portuguese sexologists. The results of the survey indicate that the Portuguese sexologist is in average 43 years old, is mainly female, a non-medical doctor, and has training in Sexology. Considering the qualifications of the interviewees, their professional pathways and the activities they develop in the field, and the discourses related to their ideals of the profession, we have reached a typology with five types: sexologists by vocation, sexologist by clinical practice, sexologists by certification, sexologists-social scientists, and sexologists by mediatization. The survey identified an interesting diversity of practices and professional conceptions in the field of Sexology in Portugal. Be sexologist seems more connected to the ideals of the profession than the time devoted to the same.
Alarcão, Violeta, Machado, Fernando Luís, Giami, Alain. A construção da sexologia como profissão em Portugal: composição de um grupo profissional e tipos de sexólogos. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2015/Set). [Citado em 28/09/2024].
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