NADANDO CONTRA A CORRENTE: A VIVÊNCIA CONJUGAL DE HOMENS GAYS E A HETERONORMATIVIDADE

Carolina de Campos Borges; Andrea Seixas Magalhães; Terezinha Féres-Carneiro

doi:10.4025/psicolestud.v22i4.34729

SWIMMING AGAINST THE TIDE: THE CONJUGAL EXPERIENCE OF GAY MEN AND HETERONORMATIVITY

Carolina de Campos Borges Universidade Federal da Grande Dourados
Andrea Seixas Magalhães Pontifícia Universidade Católica do rio de Janeiro
Terezinha Féres-Carneiro Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4025/psicolestud.v22i4.34729

Keywords: Homosexual conjugality, heteronormativity, contemporaneity.

Abstract

This article stems from a survey conducted with men living a conjugal relationship with partners of the same sex. It aimed at understanding the effects of the naturalization of heteronormative standards in homosexual conjugal experiences. For this study, the authors selected part of the results of the discourse analysis of nine interviews – middle-class homosexual men, aged 25 to 47, residents of the Brazilian city of Goiania living with their partners. The authors discussed the results concerning two categories that emerged from the interview analysis process: their views of family and marriage; and their daily experiences regarding conjugality. The results show that those subjects have their views of family and marriage that are deeply influenced by the appreciation of affection and respect for the singularity of the individuals. In their everyday lives, they create a particular sharing of domestic chores that does not follow socially established gender distinction criteria. Although the participants feel free from the sexist norms in their spaces of intimate life, they suffer the effects of social heteronormativity in public spheres.

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Author Biographies

Carolina de Campos Borges, Universidade Federal da Grande Dourados

Doutora em Psicologia pela PUC-RJ. Professora Adjunta do curso de Psicologia da Universidade Federal da Grande Dourados.

Andrea Seixas Magalhães, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do rio de Janeiro

Doutora em Psicologia pela PUC-Rio. Professora Adjunta do Departamento de Psicologia da PUC-Rio.

Terezinha Féres-Carneiro, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro.

Doutora em Psicologia pela PUC-SP. Professora Titular do Departamento de Psicologia da PUC-Rio.

Published

2017-12-19

How to Cite

de Campos Borges, C., Seixas Magalhães, A., & Féres-Carneiro, T. (2017). SWIMMING AGAINST THE TIDE: THE CONJUGAL EXPERIENCE OF GAY MEN AND HETERONORMATIVITY. Psicologia Em Estudo, 22(4), 597-608. https://doi.org/10.4025/psicolestud.v22i4.34729

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Vol 22 No 4 (2017)

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