“Sexo inseguro” : un análisis de la racionalidad como parte del riesgo entre jóvenes caleños y caleñas
Sevilla Peñuela, Teresita María (2008) “Sexo inseguro” : un análisis de la racionalidad como parte del riesgo entre jóvenes caleños y caleñas. Revista Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales, Ninez y Juventud, 6 (1). pp. 257-294. ISSN 1692-715X
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Abstract
This paper is framed within the ongoing debate about the concept of risk in the social and human sciences between the so-called "realist current", which assumes that risk-taking behaviors are irrational and those that avoid risk are a product of rationality, and the position taken by social constructivism, which interprets risk-taking not as an isolated, irrational event, but as an answer to complex logics that are peculiar to the socio-cultural context where such option is taken. Supporting the latter position, this paper works out part of the results of an ethnographic study among youths form Cali, Colombia, conducted for a doctoral dissertation in sociology. The aims of the study were (1): to characterize the logics of rationality that uphold certain practices in matters of sexuality, in the light of factors like gender and SES, and (2): to analyze the conception of risk beyond its traditional negative connotation, in order to explore the possible functions and positive values assigned by the subjects coherently with their socio-economic environment. Starting from the notions of gender analysis (in the dimensions or relationship, historicity and power structures) and of SES (conceived as a category that goes beyond the strictly economic aspects), it was possible to identify elements like a positive appraisal of not using condoms, gender differences in the selection of sexual partners, and the rewards offered by having a child at an early age. These elements, among others, play a fundamental role in the processes of risk negotiation. En this sense, it is argued that risk-taking behaviors are inserted in dense meaning fabrics strongly linked to social and contextual conditions.
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Sevilla Peñuela, Teresita María ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0366-908X;-
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Item type: Article ID code: 90480 Dates: DateEvent30 June 2008PublishedSubjects: Medicine > Public aspects of medicine > Personal health and hygiene, including exercise, nutrition Department: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS) Depositing user: Pure Administrator Date deposited: 04 Sep 2024 15:29 Last modified: 04 Sep 2024 15:29 Related URLs: URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/90480