"Men who enjoy"

ethnographic reflections on research with men with bisexual practices on the outskirts of the city

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https://doi.org/10.9771/peri.v2i20.55572

Abstract

The text discusses the methodological challenges of involving men who have sex with men and women (MSM) in research, pointed out in studies on sexual behavior and the HIV/aids epidemic as elusive to researchers. Based on research in the Metropolitan Region of Recife, we argue that the difficulty is related to the operationalization of the very concepts that guide the look at the territories where men with homosexual practices transit – sociability, moral region, ghetto, and community – and the ease that some of the territories offer to researchers to accomplish their task. Similarly, homosexual naming, present in terms of informed consent and interview scripts and questionnaires, may turn MSM away from research, who, as our ethnography shows, are described as sympathizers, and perceive themselves as understanding, which enables them to engage in take pleasure.

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Luís Felipe Rios, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco

Professor Titular do Departamento de Psicologia da Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, onde coordena o Laboratório de Estudos da Sexualidade Humana – LabEshu. É bolsista de produtividade em pesquisa do CNPq, possui graduação em Psicologia (UFPE), mestrado em Antropologia (UFPE) e Doutorado em Saúde Coletiva (IMS/UERJ).

 

Mateus Souza Araújo, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco

Graduado em Ciências Sociais pela UFPE, mestrando em Antropologia na UFPE. Trabalho relacionado à bolsa de Iniciação Científica concedida de pela Facepe.

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2024-06-06

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Rios, L. F., & Souza Araújo, M. (2024). "Men who enjoy": ethnographic reflections on research with men with bisexual practices on the outskirts of the city. Revista Periódicus, 2(20), 215–244. https://doi.org/10.9771/peri.v2i20.55572

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Vol. 2 No. 20 (2024): Non binarity: an emerging idendity in contemporary Brazil

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Free section

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