Moral panic

literature review of political discourses around sexuality

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https://doi.org/10.9771/peri.v2i21.58128

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This article is part of a master's degree research, which aimed to analyze political discourses around the dissident uses of pleasures and their influence on public policies in Brazil between 2018 and 2022. Therefore, this is a review, which aimed to check which academic investigations have already been carried out on the topic and scientifically support the dissertation discussions. For the present review, 12 articles were selected and analyzed from the lens of Michel Foucault. The results found pointed to the extreme polarization of Brazilian politics in recent years, in which discourses surrounding the use of the body and pleasures remained central, facilitating the strengthening of an environment of moral panic. Under these conditions, the speeches of conservative right-wing politicians, with the support of the traditional family, contribute to the cycle of exclusion and make it difficult for dissident bodies to access basic social rights.

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Yasmin Xavier dos Reis, Federal University of Juiz de Fora

Physiotherapist from the Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Master's and PhD student in Psychology at the Federal University of Juiz de Fora in the area of Psychosocial Processes and Health, under the guidance of Prof. Dr. Juliana Peruchi. Postgraduate in Pelvic Physiotherapy from Ciclos Ensino, Postgraduate in Human Sexuality from CBI of Miami, Doula and active in pelvic physiotherapy in Juiz de Fora.

Juliana Peruchi, Federal University of Juiz de Fora

Psychologist by training, she is an adjunct professor IV in the Department of Psychology at UFJF and a researcher in the Postgraduate Program in Psychology at the same university. She works with teaching, research and extension in the areas of social psychology, collective health, human rights and sexual and reproductive rights, sexual health and sexuality, public policies.

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2025-04-24

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Xavier dos Reis, Y., & Peruchi, J. (2025). Moral panic: literature review of political discourses around sexuality. Revista Periódicus, 2(21), 211–237. https://doi.org/10.9771/peri.v2i21.58128

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Vol. 2 No. 21 (2025): Defying monogamy: emergent biopolitics of relational dissidence

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