Abstract

SERPA, Monise. "They go crazy about us": the logic of body and gender in sexually exploited adolescents. Psicol. rev. (Belo Horizonte) [online]. 2018, vol.24, n.1, pp. 1-18. ISSN 1677-1168.  http://dx.doi.org/10.5752/P.1678-9563.2018v24n1p1-18.

This study aims to analyze how female adolescents involved in sexual exploitation along their everyday life experienced body and gender issues. The erotization processes of children’s and youths’ bodies were analyzed in addition to its effects on the constitution of femininity and the valorization and control of the sexuality of the studied adolescents. Three female adolescents, aged from 13 up to 17 who had been involved in sexual exploitation took part in this study. Both, group activities with playing materials and a semi-structure interview were used. Results showed that sensuality and virginity turned out as a way towards the subjects’ affirmation of femininity either for their empowerment as well as for their vulnerability before the society. It is outstanding the importance of strategies which enable adolescents to develop autonomous behavior for the expression of their sexuality, based on a logic that considers them subjects of rights

Keywords : Sexual exploitation; Body; Gender.

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