Social norms of sexual initiation among adolescents and gender relations

Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem

Ana Luiza Vilela Borges¹  Eunice Nakamura¹ 

[1] ,Universidade de São Paulo Escola de Enfermagem ,Brazil

关键词: adolescent health;    sexual and reproductive health;    gender and health;    salud del adolescente;    salud sexual y reproductiva;    género y salud;    saúde do adolescente;    saúde sexual e reprodutiva;    gênero e saúde;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0104-11692009000100015

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

This study aimed to identify standards and expectations regarding sexual initiation of 14 to 18 year-old adolescents in Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil, using data from four focal groups conducted in 2006. Results revealed that gender issues are clearly present in participants' reports and showed to be essential in their choices about the moment, partners and contraceptive practices in the first sexual relation. Adolescents are subordinated to gender roles, traditionally attributed to male and female genders, i.e. the notion that sex is an uncontrolled instinct for boys, and intrinsically and closely associated to love and desire for girls. Adolescents also play a preponderant role in the perpetuation of these values within the group they live in.

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