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Introdução: O climatério é um período de modificações da função ovariana com alterações psíquicas, endócrinas e somáticas. Essa fase tem sido alvo de poucos estudos e vários tabus por muitos anos. Objetivos: Compreender a vivência do climatério para as mulheres sem filhos. Métodos: Estudo descritivo exploratório com abordagem qualitativa. Foram entrevistadas dez mulheres sem filhos, na faixa etária entre 45 e 60 anos, atendidas na rede básica de saúde. A análise dos dados foi fundamentada na Análise Temática. Resultados: A partir da análise foram construídos os temas: Sentimentos por não serem mães, Motivos da não maternidade e Formas de compensação. Conclusões: O conhecimento da vivência do climatério pelas mulheres sem filhos permitiu reconhecer e compreender os sentimentos de frustração, impotência e fracasso por não serem mães. O abandono familiar, solidão, a estigmatização e a diminuição do convívio social são manifestações presentes. Entretanto, existem aquelas que optam pela não maternidade, privilegiando a autonomia, vida profissional e instinto materno. Como formas de compensação, substituem a ausência de filhos com dedicação a sobrinhos, estudantes e animais.

O objetivo do estudo aqui apresentado foi analisar os sentidos atribuídos por agentes comunitários de saúde acerca do cuidado em saúde para as populações LGBT. O método baseia-se numa abordagem de pesquisa qualitativa, por meio de entrevistas semiestruturadas com quinze agentes comunitários de saúde da Estratégia Saúde da Família de uma capital no Nordeste brasileiro. Os dados foram analisados a partir do método de interpretação de sentidos. Entre os principais resultados, destacaram-se dois grandes blocos: (i) demandas de saúde das populações LGBT; e (ii) atuação profissional junto às populações LGBT. A saúde das populações LGBT, especialmente na atenção básica, é uma complexa questão que não tem recebido a devida atenção por parte da formação, gestão e da atenção em saúde como um todo. Dessa forma, a atuação problematizadora desse trabalho coletou relatos, identificou problemas e questões e, consequentemente, por intermédio das percepções dos agentes comunitários de saúde, identificou as violências,negações e discriminações que vivenciam parcelas das populações LGBT nas unidades de saúde, espaços que deveriam oferecer cuidado equânime e integral.

Objetivo: analisar as ementas das disciplinas obrigatórias do curso de Licenciatura em Educação Física na Escola de Educação Física e Desportos da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), a fim de investigar como as temáticas de gênero e raça são abordadas em sua formação inicial. Método: Foram analisadas 68 ementas, todas disponíveis no Sistema Integrado de Gestão Acadêmica da UFRJ. Resultados: Notou-se que nenhuma disciplina possui o foco central na discussão de pelo menos uma dessas questões. Apenas 3 disciplinas abordam explicitamente questões de raça vinculadas à cultura corporal e somente uma trata do tema higienismo, o que possibilitaria debates sobre diferentes identidades de gênero. Outras 6 disciplinas mencionavam palavras afeitas às temáticas investigadas em suas ementas, todavia sem aprofundar a discussão. Conclusão: desprestigiam-se ainda os impactos das construções socioculturais em relação ao gênero e raça nas análises das relações e dos fenômenos sociais na instituição investigada.

O artigo desenvolve uma análise da proteção constitucional dos direitos LGBTI no texto positivo brasileiro. A partir da perspectiva da legalidade cosmopolita subalterna, questiona se a Constituição Brasileira de 1988 protege de maneira satisfatória as pessoas LGBTI. Para responder ao problema, a investigação foi conduzida majoritariamente por meio da aplicação da técnica de survey, a partir da qual organizações da sociedade civil foram questionadas acerca de seu entendimento ideal de proteção. Após a análise, concluiu-se que a proteção fornecida pela Constituição brasileira é insuficiente, tendo em vista a ausência de diversos direitos específicos básicos, na visão do próprio movimento LGBTI. Além de concluir que a superação da discriminação contra LGBTI deve ser conquistada por meio da combinação de vários campos de conhecimento, como direito, educação e saúde.

Este estudo teve por objetivo examinar a trajetória histórica do posicionamento oficial do Conselho Federal de Medicina (CFM) acerca dos procedimentos médicos associados às demandas do Processo Transexualizador (PrTr). Como objetivo específico, discutir as implicações das normatizações existentes, que regulam as intervenções médicas no campo da transgenitalização, para que se possa repensar a formação médica e de outros profissionais de saúde. O método utilizado consiste na análise documental, realizada a partir do banco de dados de pareceres, resoluções, notas técnicas, despachos e recomendações do CFM, com foco nos documentos oficiais de domínio público, que abordam o posicionamento dessa entidade representativa da classe médica em relação à realização de cirurgias de transgenitalização e prescrição da hormonioterapia para pessoas trans. Por meio dessa análise foi possível traçar, retrospectivamente, a evolução desse posicionamento e identificar quais foram os prováveis fatores que desencadearam progressivas mudanças da posição oficial assumida pelo CFM em relação à legalidade e aos aspectos éticos envolvidos nessas intervenções.

Esse texto é fruto de um trabalho da disciplina de “Orientação Sexual” num curso de pós-graduação em “Temas Transversais”, a partir da consideração de Ângela Davis como um dos ícones a serem mais investigados e conhecidos por todos nós. O objetivo desta pesquisa foi identificar os discursos presentes no documentário “Libertem Ângela Davis...”, para tal, o recurso metodológico qualitativo utilizado foi a análise de discurso foucaultiana. Ao considerar o documentário como um “texto cultural” que ensina modos de ser, ou seja, divulga um currículo, destacamos que esse vídeo discursa representações e significados pautados na luta do movimento dos negros e negras que resistem aos diversos tipos de preconceitos e enfrentam suas batalhas. O documentário se desenha a partir da história de Ângela, mulher, negra, filósofa, professora e ativista. Ângela Davis com coragem e conhecimento, nos provoca a refletir sobre as questões do papel da mulher negra e nessa trajetória ela narra que queria estar lá, ela queria estar presente, ela queria participar da história. Portanto, no momento atual, também queremos estar lá e queremos participar da história, conhecer e divulgar Ângela Davis é uma das formas de vivermos a história.

Este artigo é parte integrante de uma pesquisa que articulou as temáticas lazer e cinema e envolveu a análise de 15 filmes latino-americanos, entre os quais, o premiado filme Boi Neon (Brasil, 2016). O objetivo deste artigo é compreender de que maneira as personagens principais desse filme são representadas, bem como os significados que essas representações produzem na trama. A metodologia desta investigação qualitativa contou com pesquisa bibliográfica, entrevistas com o público logo após a assistência do filme no cinema, e análise fílmica. As análises evidenciaram que a representação das personagens principais do filme Boi Neon foi construída por meio de uma expansão das identidades de gênero. Desse modo, o filme produz significados acerca dos comportamentos considerados masculinos ou femininos, instigando cada espectador a se reconhecer e a se posicionar frente a essa e a outras temáticas que se entrecruzam na trama.

Repleto de críticas sociais relacionadas à construção da identidade de gênero, ao papel do feminino, ao tradicionalismo da família e a seus padrões, o filme “Todo sobre mi madre”, de Pedro Almodóvar, aborda de forma profunda os reflexos da cultura androgênica no Ocidente. Dessa forma, o presente trabalho busca fazer uma reflexão sobre os papéis de gêneros contidos no imaginário social, amparados pelos estudos queer, em especial pela ótica de Butler (2016) e Bento (2011). A partir disso, percebemos que, nas civilizações onde a definição do gênero feminino é diretamente ligada à esfera familiar e à maternidade, o masculino torna-se referência de poder na construção coletiva, uma vez que tais posições relegadas às mulheres eram vistas como potencialmente “inferiores”, justificando assim a hipermasculinização vigente na sociedade. As “atividades masculinas” na esfera pública atrelam-se à concentração de poder e de valores materiais, o que faz, na grande maioria dos casos, do homem cisgênero, heterossexual o “provedor e protetor” da família, no âmbito da tradicionalidade familiar. Em contraposição, Almodóvar traz em seu drama um protagonismo quase que absolutamente feminino, a desconstrução da ideia de família tradicional, com a personagem Manuela, como mãe solteira e vista como ex-prostituta; bem como a personagem Lola, que desmistifica a figura do patriarca, pondo também em xeque a configuração unicamente opressora da masculinidade, visto que existe na personagem uma nítida relação fluída de identificação tanto da performatividades masculinas quanto femininas através da construção da transexualidade não tipificada.

Resumo A greve das cigarreiras de 1903 foi encetada pela demissão das primeiras quatro mulheres a ingressarem no movimento operário do Recife. Com o objetivo de compreender as motivações que levaram essas trabalhadoras a se organizarem politicamente, este artigo analisa os eventos em torno da greve e as representações sociais que situavam o trabalho de mulheres em fábricas como uma prática moralmente reprovável. O exame das questões propostas evidencia que as cigarreiras se apropriaram das plataformas de ação fornecidas pelo movimento operário para conquistar visibilidade em um processo de estabelecimento de uma identidade de gênero relacionada ao trabalho.

The article examines health itineraries followed by Brazilian travestis, trans men and trans women in the affirmation of their gender, based on the survey Trans Uerj: Health and Citizenship of Trans People in Brazil. The survey’s main objectives were to gauge the trans/travesti population’s diversity and sociodemographic profile; and to map the various ways they access their rights as citizens, especially to healthcare services and body modification technologies. Interviewers, mainly trans people and travestis, applied 391 questionnaires in the city of Rio de Janeiro and its metropolitan region to interviewees of different social classes, schooling levels and gender identity configurations, contacted through the interviewers’ social networks. For defining respondents’ gender identities the survey used an original method based on self-definitions, which were then aggregated into 6 categories for data analysis purposes. This article discusses the multiple strategies used by this trans population in gender affirmation processes to gain access to regulated and/or unregulated use of hormones and surgical procedures.

Abstract The family represents a privileged place for the detection of signs and symptoms of violence against children and adolescents, especially against boys, phenomenon underreported. The purpose of this paper was to broaden the understanding about issues related to family dynamics in sexual violence against boys by the use of qualitative method; in order to do so, it was made a documentary research of three cases of boys attended at a health service. Three main axes were highlighted in this article: the importance of family in the disclosure of sexual abuse, stigmas and prejudices, and the proximity of the offenders to the boys. It was observed that family dynamics actively influenced the abusive processes because of its possibility to favor protective or unprotected settings and also for the presence of issues such as transgenerationality and confusion in the family role plays. Thus, it is essential that interventions are also directed to the families, so that they are instructed to better protect the boys.

Este artigo tem como objetivo discutir as questões de identidade e papéis de gênero observadas no filme A Bela do Palco (Stage Beauty, 2004) a partir da perspectiva teórica queer. Propomos essa discussão focalizando nas experiências dos personagens principais do filme, Ned Kynaston, ator especializado em interpretar papéis femininos, e Maria, sua camareira e aspirante à atriz, considerando a relação desses dois personagens com a alteração na lei relativa à interpretação de papéis femininos no teatro inglês do século xvii. Para tanto, na primeira parte do artigo, apresentamos conceitos básicos de uma perspectiva teórica queer, para então aplicá‑los a algumas cenas do filme e a uma discussão mais ampla da problemática presente em A Bela do Palco.

Introdução: Disforia de Gênero em crianças é um tema pouco abordado no treinamento clínico, apesar do aumento do interesse das famílias sobre as questões de gênero. Objetivos: Realizar revisão integrativa de pesquisas sobre Disforia de Gênero em crianças e identificar recomendações para o manejo na Atenção Primária à Saúde. Métodos: Revisão integrativa da literatura utilizando termos MeSH nas bases de dados Pubmed, Medline, Lilacs e Scielo para artigos publicados entre 2008 e 2018 que utilizaram crianças transgêneras em suas análises. Resultados: Dos 2.488 artigos identificados pela chave de busca, 12 artigos foram selecionados para estudo. A maioria de centros especializados no atendimento a crianças transgêneras em quatro países. O profissional de saúde deve realizar anamnese direcionada às questões de comportamento da criança em casa e na escola, dinâmica familiar, contexto cultural, história familiar de não conformidade de gênero, vida social da criança e segurança infantil. Deve-se atentar para a avaliação psicossocial adequada para a idade da criança. Cabe à equipe de Atenção Primária à Saúde esclarecer as principais dúvidas das famílias, realizar a suspeita diagnóstica e encaminhar ao centro especializado no atendimento a crianças transgêneras do seu estado. Conclusão: Cabe à equipe de Atenção Primária à Saúde providenciar um ambiente acolhedor e sem discriminação para que estas famílias sejam avaliadas e conduzidas de forma adequada.

Violent practices permeate different social contexts, including work spaces. In this sense, it is essential to promote inclusive work, as the practices of domination at work relegate to marginalization different social actors, including women and LGBTQs, causing harm to the psychosocial health of these groups. In order to contribute to this aspect, it was proposed a critical review of the productions on practices of violence and domination in the context of work aimed at the female population and LGBTQs, in order to identify the challenges in the proposition of inclusive work in Brazil. The descriptors "work" and "prejudice" or "discrimination" were used in a literature search between 1995 and 2017 in the Scielo database, which allowed the identification of 54 studies included in this review. The results pointed by the reviewed studies found violence with women and LGBTQs in the various work contexts, practiced by bosses, colleagues, clients, among other subjects. Thus, it is a challenge for the proposition of inclusive work to implement educational and assistance interventions, supported by laws and public policies that promote respect and equity to diversity as a keynote in Brazilian social organizations and work contexts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This article aims to analyze the judicial decisions in the 2nd instance of the Court of Justice of the State of Rio de Janeiro (TJRJ) regarding the demands of the transsexual population available until 2017. The data were accessed on the TJRJ website and analyzed based on legislation and current standards. The study identified 44 appeals, the majority (32) for rectification of sex in the civil registry. Of these, 21 were granted (65.6%), and in 12 (57.1%) the appellants had not undergone transgenitalization surgery. The contingent of practices in the political and social sphere contributed so that most appeals were granted before the Direct Unconstitutionality Action (ADI 4275) was judged by the Federal Supreme Court, which aims the recognition of transsexuals to the substitution of first name and sex in the civil registry, regardless of transgenitalization surgery. However, the State tutelage remains, restricting the autonomy and rights of this population. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: to know possible perspectives and approaches made about trans children. Method: reflective theorical essay, based on a bibliographic survey, using the combination of several descriptors: "trans child", "child transsexuality", "child transsexualism", "transsexual child", "childhood transsexuality" and "trans child universe". Results: 11 publications were found between the years 2005 and 2018, indicating recent investigative interest on the subject. Based on the material, three categories of description and analysis were built with emphasis on studies on transsexuality in the media and trans experiences. The pathologization of this phenomenon was little exalted in the survey. The data also pointed to the field of the human sciences as more interested in this theme, followed by the health sciences, in which the investigations are based on qualitative research approaches and most of them propose interrelationships between empirical, bibliographical and / or documentary sources. Conclusion: besides the little production on the theme in the most diverse areas researched, the studies predominantly highlight the memories about the childhood of trans adults, not proposing to work with children when they live the construction of gender. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: to identify knowledge about gender identity and sexual orientation among nursing undergraduates. Method: qualitative and descriptive research, carried out through the application of a semi-structured questionnaire with undergraduate students from the first and eighth semester of the nursing course of the Santa Casa School of Medical Sciences, in March 2018. 28 questionnaires were collected, with 14 losses, for not completing it completely. Data were analyzed by content analysis, generating the categories: "right to diversity" and "formation without gender perspective". Results: first semester students have an expanded understanding of the subject, relating it to the daily life of the people; eighth semester students talk about the subject from professional responsibility. There is a reaffirmation of basic care as the main space of reception and respect for the differences of individuals, and the importance of undergraduate education to add understanding of diversity to the training of health professionals. Conclusion: students know and differentiate gender identity from sexual orientation, and recognize the responsibility to recognize diversity as part of the right to health. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Men and women seem to have different susceptibilities to disease and dissimilar responses to pain. These differences are not well understood. Understanding those variations between men and women from the perspective of gender identity can contribute to disparities observed in the health field. Since 1980, efforts have been made to develop instruments that can help to categorize individuals according to their own gender perception. One of these, recently developed, is the Traditional Masculinity and Femininity Scale (TMFs). The advantage of this scale is to allow the gender self-identification without the need for attributes. The aim of this study is to present the process of cross-cultural adaptation of the TMFs for applicability in studies in the Brazilian population. The cross-cultural adaptation followed the steps: 1) authorization by the authors; 2) initial translation into Portuguese; 3) cultural, conceptual, experimental and idiomatic adaptation to the target population; 4) retroversion; 5) assessment by a revision committee; and 6) pretest. The equivalence of measurement, corresponding to the psychometric properties to a gold standard, is in progress. In conclusion, the original version of the TMF scale, having been translated, culturally adapted, and validated into Brazilian Portuguese has proven to be a reliable instrument that is easy to use, and can be used in both clinical practice and clinical trials in the evaluation of gender identity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study investigated the social representations about violence of the transgender population in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Southeastern Brazil. Semi-structured interviews and content analysis were used combined with lexical analysis through Iramuteq software. Nine transgender people (transvestites and transsexuals) were chosen for the interview based on convenience sampling. The results show that the anchorages and objectifications of social representations are organized into four categories: (a) experiences of violence (b) institutions and traditional process, (c) identity processes (d) and body and social life. Consequently, the anchorages and objectification of the social representationsof violence are related to the transitional process, the individual and social experiences to which these people are subjected that could be related to the acceptance and resistance to violence. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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There are several understandings about the role of human gender identity in the scientific field, this discussion correlates definitions of both social and biological basis. The current confusion in the conceptualization of “sex” and “gender” demonstrates the need for a comparative analysis of the scientific dynamic vocabulary, as well as the insertion of an interdisciplinary historical, social and cultural point of view together with the biological view outside the normative binary logic. The word “gender” can be defined as the social construction of sex, differing from the variable “sex” because it refers to a biological dimension of the anatomo-physiological characterization of humans, recognized as essential and innate in determining the distinctions between male and female. Therefore, the JHGD presents a thematic diversity that focuses on issues related to public health, demonstrating the need to develop knowledge and generate impact on public policy strategies, aiming at universality, equity and comprehensiveness in scientific research involving sex and gender and their impacts on health sciences. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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There is a growing discussion about violence today and this violence may occur specifically in the school environment manifesting itself through the systematic bullying known as bullying. This review study aimed to identify the meaning of bullying, school bullying and its repercussions on the victim, investigated the issue of gender and sexuality in school, relating gender and school bullying. It also related gender and gender identity to school bullying, verifying how gender has a direct influence on bullying and that gender identity can also trigger some of these actions. It is known that the actions of bullying cause diverse consequences for both victims, aggressors and other participants of this phenomenon, and that their actions should be avoided before causing greater damages. The entire faculty and parents / guardians should be trained so that they are able to identify bullying and intervene correctly. An effective intervention can be performed during school play, at which time peer interaction is more easily observed and, consequently, the actions of bullying. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents a comparative analysis on the thematic representation of the subjects Gender and Sexuality between the SophiA system, from the National Library -- BN, and the Pergamum system, from the Federal University of Pernambuco -- UFPE. The objective of the research was to analyze comparatively how the subjects Gender and Sexuality are being represented in the BN and UFPE systems. The justification is based on the proposal of an adequate representation of the subjects Gender and Sexuality, so that the search and recovery are more precise in both SophiA/BN and Pergamum/UFPE, by the users of that domain. The research was characterized as descriptive, with comparative, qualitative and inductive characteristics; it is a case study that was meant to understand and interpret if the terms that were attributed to certain titles of the theme fit efficiently to the subjects that are actually treated by them. The investigative corpora were collected in two stages: a) from the search for the subjects "Gender Identity", "Sexuality" and "Gender and Sexuality" in SophiA/BN, a list was created of the titles found in relation to the subject in scope national level, from 2010 to 2014; b) the titles retrieved in SophiA/BN were searched in the Pergamum/UFPE, generating a second list -- of the titles that were found; thus, the works resulting from these two filtrations, that is, those found in both collections, had their terms analyzed comparatively in conjunction with the terms that were extracted from the titles themselves and respective copies. After analyzing and discussing the results, it was concluded that the subjects Gender and Sexuality are not being accurately explored, either by the SophiA/BN system or by the Pergamum/UFPE system, raising questions about the importance of the indexing specificity of those subjects and the professional ethics needed in this process to promote access to information. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction: Violence against women is motivated by domination in power relations, including male over female violence, defined as violent action that can cause physical, sexual or mental injury or suffering, as well as intimidation, deprivation of rights to freedom or coercion carried out inside and outside the home. This aggravation has been growing more and more throughout the world, and deserves to be discussed and combated in the scope of public policies. Objective: To analyse the spatial distribution of domestic violence against women in the municipality of João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil. Methods: It is a quantitative cross-sectional study of the census type that analysed all the reported cases of domestic violence against women resident in the municipality, the study scenario, in the year 2017. The data source was of the secondary type, in the two Specialized Police Offices for Women's Affairs - DEAM, present in the municipality. Results: We observed spatial patterns of domestic violence against women, as well as agglomerations throughout the capital, from the most affluent exclusive neighbourhoods to those living on the margins of society, proving that this violence has no class distinction. Conclusion: The study reached the proposed goal by analysing the spatial distribution of domestic violence in the research scenario based on spatial patterns. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The research aims to analyze how the grammatical genre has served as a tool to transpose the patterns and frontiers of the social genre, discussing the role of language in the construction and affirmation individual's identity. After analyzing linguistic concepts such as grammatical genre and markedness principle, besides definitions related to gender identity, a corpus of texts was compiled, taken from the social media Facebook, which served to identify and analyze the frequency of use of alternatives that neutralize the sexual gender. Taking as its motto the role of language as a tool for social transformation and as a research object the gender markedness, we resort to a theoretical approach that, besides focusing on grammar and morphological termination of gender (CUNHA e CINTRA, 1984; MATTOSO CÂMARA, 1985; CEGALLA, 2009), studies the functionalist principle of markedness (GIVON, 1995) and the use of social gender (LOURO, 2001; STERLING, 2002; BUTLER, 2003; LIVIA e HALL, 2010). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this work, we consider the autobiographical narratives written by Daniela Andrade, a militant and transsexual woman, in order to extract what she can teach us about transsexuality as a possibility of making a subjective tie. Drawing upon the way she organizes her experience discursively, recurring to the distinction between gender identity, gender role, anatomy, and sexual orientation, we will raise the hypothesis that such differentiation permits her making herself a proper name ("Daniela Andrade") by electing, in the Symbolic, the signifier "trans woman" to represent her in front of the Other. Thus, by means of a symbolic nomination, Daniela finds a way to operate the rewriting of her jouissance through the invention of a proper name, making up a transsexual sinthomatic solution in the Symbolic, which corrects the double nodal lapse between her body (I) and the desire of the Other (S). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The present article problematizes the incorporation of masculinities as a dimension to propel management strategies within the Brazilian National Policy of Comprehensive Men's Health Care (PNAISH). A close reading of masculinities as perceived through their intersectional character may contribute to improving the present context of review of this policy, especially considering that sociocultural characteristics that are essentially Brazilian, such as social inequality and racism, are directly associated with the high morbidity and mortality rates affecting black, young, and poor men as a result of urban violence. It becomes clear that the discourses that view men as subjects that seek health care services only in the presence of worsening symptoms do not recognize the role of social markers of difference, such as social class and race, in producing health inequities. Intersectionality provides a view of health care access as dependent on the territory where men move and on the (social, political) means that influence the recognition of men as rightful subjects. Given that certain masculinities are invisible within the arena of public health care policies, a deeper reading regarding masculinity and health is proposed from a post-structuralist perspective, as a means of thinking and doing men's health. Finally, the article also describes aspects that are essential for the review of the guidelines and policies aimed at this population. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective. To study how the male experience of playing an active role in prenatal care and childbirth influences the resignification of male identity. Method. This is a qualitative study employing interpretive anthropological analysis supported by ethnographic methods to produce a thick description. The study included nine men attending a center of excellence in humanized childbirth and who played an active role in the birth of their child in the period from April 2015 to November 2016. Data were collected through semi-structured, ethnographically-oriented interviews, with a flexible script that explored the following themes: active participation in childbirth, feelings associated with standing by the child's mother since pregnancy, and meaning of fatherhood after participation in childbirth. The participants talked about these topics freely. The narratives were transcribed and analyzed in terms of categories and contextual semantic interpretation. Results. On average, eight meetings were held with each participant. Analysis of the interviews revealed two theme categories: resignification of masculinity and promotion of self-care. The utterances reflect the participants' understanding that masculinity is not lost if men play an active role in childbirth and care. In addition, they reveal that the experience of participating in childbirth opened a possibility for men to approach the healthcare system to maintain health, rather than to strictly treat disease. Conclusion. The men participating in this research revealed that they can be aware of self-care and become empowered to lead their families, ensuring the construction of a new male identify in contemporary society. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Transsexualism has been increasingly discussed in the media and other means. However, one cannot treat such a broad topic without questioning one of the pillars of society: the difference between sexes. This discussion is necessary, since transsexual individuals contradict the roles of predetermined genders according to biological sex. In this paper, we have made an analysis of a case study of a transsexual woman. A transsexual woman is a person who has been designated as male at birth, but considers herself to be a woman. Throughout the interview, which consisted of 18 questions about the experience of transsexualism, various aspects of the interviewee’s discourse were revealed. They pointed to the difficulty on finding her place in society, because individuals only become intelligible in society when they identify themselves with either the male or female gender. In addition, it is assumed that there are only two possible genders, and that they should follow predefined standards. These standards are assumed to have been built from historically established relations of domination. Based on these concepts, transsexual people become marginalized and pathologized by scientific discourse, which creates many difficulties for them to be recognized. Based on the case study, we could also discuss the representations of femininity. After the interview, a content analysis was performed and the results pointed to a quest by the interviewee to find her place in the middle of a gendered and heteronormative society. DOI: 10.12957/demetra.2016.22426

Resumo Este estudo teve por objetivo discutir a construção sobre as masculinidades no discurso de adoles centes participantes de um projeto de promoção de saúde sexual e reprodutiva, realizado em uma escola pública em Recife (PE) com 24 adolescentes homens matriculados no 8° e 9° ano do ensino fundamental. Em uma abordagem qualitativa, os dados coletados por meio da gravação de áudio em equipamento digital e pela técnica da observação participante, com a utilização de registro em diário de campo, foram submetidos à análise de conteúdo temática. A análise dos dados resultou em três ca tegorias temáticas. Na categoria "Percepções sobre o corpo masculino", observou-se que os adolescen tes necessitavam de aspectos concretos e visíveis para assimilar a transformação do corpo, havendo dificuldade e resistência inicial para discutir sobre o próprio corpo. Na categoria "Gênero e masculini dades", observou-se a limitação dos adolescentes na compreensão das relações de gênero e na con cepção sobre a sexualidade, fundamentando-se nas experiências divergentes para homens e mulheres, permeadas pelas construções culturais. Na catego ria "Paternidade e masculinidades", os adolescentes apontaram que as concepções de paternidade têm se transformado, envolvendo diferentes modelos de paternidade. A partir do exposto, infere-se que as diferentes construções acerca das masculinidades estão relacionadas às experiência de vida dos adolescentes e que podem ter implicações significativas no modo de vivenciar a saúde sexual e reprodutiva, tornando relevante a desmistificação dessas cons truções, bem como a participação dos profissionais de saúde para contextualizar ações de promoção e educação em saúde.

RESUMO Objetivo: Comparar a acuidade visual referida com a aferida no primeiro exame oftalmológico e correlacionar os achados com as variáveis: idade, gênero, escolaridade e nível de acuidade visual. Métodos: Foram levantadas fichas de pacientes atendidos em primeira consulta oftalmológica em uma clínica particular no período de um ano. Comparou-se a acuidade visual referida na história clínica com a obtida no exame oftalmológico. Para a tomada da acuidade visual utilizou-se a tabela de Snellen. Os dados foram tabulados em planilha Excel e submetidos à análise estatística. Adotou-se o nível de significância p=0,05. Resultados: Dos 300 pacientes avaliados, 66 (22%) apresentaram baixa visão (BV) ao exame oftalmológico; destes 46 (69,69%) referiram BV antes do exame e 20 (30,30%) não. Em relação ao gênero, não houve diferença estatística na presença (p=0,78) nem na percepção de BV (p=0,30). Todos os pacientes acima dos 75 anos tinham BV (p

The transgender people's condition in actual society deserves a special attention because it is a social minority in situation of deep vulnerability. It is an attribution of the State to protect everyone, being inacceptable that, under a huge bias, segregate and marginalize those who should protect. Concerning the education aspect is important the adoption of directives that to ensure the transsexual full access to education, either through measures to prevent school evasion, as by the implantation of projects that allow his return to the student benches and a better qualification for the job. Measures such as resolution No. 12 of the National Council to Combat Discrimination and promotion of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender, an agency of the Department of Human Rights, and the Transcidadania project of the São Paulo City Hall has this purpose as this paper seeks to demonstrate. To reach this goal, will use in this paper the scientific-deductive method of bibliography.