Part of my thesis was presented at X IASSCS CONFERENCE “Literacies and Sexualities in Cultural, Fictional, Real, and Virtual Worlds: Past, Present, Future Perfect?” that took place at Dublin City University, Ireland, in 17-20 June, 2015. It was such a pleasure to share data about sexuality of single people in Salvador and to discuss other subjects related to sexuality in South America with a researcher from Mexico, and the audience!
Abstract of the paper: Singleness
and Sexuality in Brazil
Darlane Silva Vieira Andrade, Federal University of Bahia
Brazil is internationally known as a tropical country in
which people are sexually free, especially if they are not marriage. But,
besides this international representation, how do single people experience
sexuality themselves? The objective of this communication is mainly to present
some aspects of experiences in the field of sexuality according to single
people living alone in Salvador – the capital of Bahia, a state located on
northeast of Brazil. It will be done using data from my Doctorate study about
singleness in Salvador, which sought to comprehend and analyze how do middle
class adults living alone in the capital of Bahia, experience and build
meanings about the condition of being single. Based on a feminist epistemology
and having gender as the main category used to analyze data, this study used
mixed methods with the following instruments: structured questionnaire, applied
to 76 people; focus groups with 7 participants; biographical interview with 6
people. All participants were both sex, aged 30 to 60 and most of them were
heterosexual. Related to sexuality, it was investigated how their past experiences
in this field were, how are they practicing sexuality currently – with whom,
where, with what frequency, their opinion about sex and love, the level of
satisfaction with their affective and sexual life –, and their projects to the
future related to intimacy. The research collaborated for reflections about men
and women´s behavior according to their singleness condition, deconstructing
some gender stereotypes for example, when single women are getting used to go
out with their friends and to have casual sex, just like single men do, and man
affirm more than woman that getting marriage and have kids are expected for
their future. It was also important to observe the possibilities that adults
have to build ways of living in urban context where freedom is an important
element used to manage social, affective and sexual practices, especially in
Brazil that is still a country with a culture that mixes permanencies and
changes in the field of intimacy.
Key words: singleness; sexuality; gender; brazilian
culture
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