THE INFLUENCE OF DOMINANT CULTURAL IDEALS ON THE MENTAL AND SEXUAL HEALTH OF HOMOSEXUAL MEN: An exploratory study of the "Bear" phenomenon

Dilcio Dantas Guedes

doi:10.32351/rca.v7.280

Autores/as

Dilcio Dantas Guedes Universidad del Salvador https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8422-9755

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32351/rca.v7.280

Política de Crossmark DOI: https://doi.org/10.32351/politica-crossmark

Palabras clave:

Homosexualidad, subjetividad, masculinidad, minoría, estrés

Resumen

Este proyecto buscó comprender las posibles asociaciones entre la influencia de estos ideales culturales dominantes en la salud mental y sexual de los hombres homosexuales autoidentificados como "Osos". Los participantes respondieron a cuestionarios estándar que evaluaban la homonegatividad internalizada, la ocurrencia de eventos heterosexistas, las preconcepciones antifemeninas hacia hombres homosexuales, el estado de ánimo y el recuento sindrómico de los factores asociados al estrés de las minorías y los factores de protección. Los resultados mostraron que la pérdida o ausencia de apoyo de las redes vinculares y el mayor consumo de nicotina fueron los factores que más afectaron a los participantes. Este impacto está asociado a la adhesión a los ideales heteronormativos y a las actitudes negativas contra las expresiones de género femeninas en los hombres, que parecen generar ansiedad difusa, la expectativa de sufrir acoso heterosexista y la homofobia internalizada. Estos hallazgos son importantes porque señalan asociaciones entre los comportamientos adaptados manifiestos de estos hombres a las expectativas hegemónicas que enmascaran conflictos psicológicos más profundos.

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Biografía del autor/a

Dilcio Dantas Guedes, Universidad del Salvador

Psicoterapeuta (Family Service Toronto, Canadá). Candidato al Doctorado en Psicología (Universidad del Salvador, Buenos Aires) y Magister en Psicología del Desarrollo (Université Paris 10 â€“ Nanterre/La Défense, Francia).

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