The perspectives of adolescents on sexual practice in communities in Chiapas, Mexico

  • Oscar Cruz Pérez Universidad de Ciencias y Artes de Chiapas
  • Hildebertha Esteban Silvestre Instituto de Intervención Psicosocial
  • Germán Alejandro García Lara Universidad de Ciencias y Artes de Chiapas
  • Jesús Ocaña Zúñiga Universidad de Ciencias y Artes de Chiapas
  • Carlos Eduardo Pérez Jiménez Universidad de Ciencias y Artes de Chiapas

Abstract

This article arises from a qualitative research done with high school graduates from three communities of Tzimol, Chiapas, in order to learn about perspectives that adolescents have about the exercise of their sexuality. Adolescence is characterized as a stage of life where sexual pulsations are intensified, in that way, they need to find ways to channel and direct them towards sexual objects outside family relationships, which put adolescents in tension with moral, social and cultural norms. The empirical information is reflected from the perspective of gender recognizing the social context where adolescents are inserted, which defines different perspectives for men and women. In rational mechanisms they use to postpone time for sexual experiences, boys and girls reproduce gender stereotypes.

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Published
2020-01-03
How to Cite
Cruz Pérez, O., Esteban Silvestre, H., García Lara, G. A., Ocaña Zúñiga, J., & Pérez Jiménez, C. E. (2020). The perspectives of adolescents on sexual practice in communities in Chiapas, Mexico. RICSH Iberoamerican Journal of Social and Humanistic Sciences, 9(17), 79 - 102. https://doi.org/10.23913/ricsh.v9i17.188
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Research Articles

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