MASCULINIDADES, ENCARCERAMENTO E INFECÇÕES SEXUALMENTE TRANSMISSÍVEIS: ANÁLISE INTERSECCIONAL DO DISCURSO DE HOMENS EM SITUAÇÃO PRISIONAL.

Objective: To understand the intersectionality of masculinities and incarceration in relation to the involvement of Sexually Transmitted Infections in men in prison. Methods: A qualitative study was carried out with 30 adult men in prison in Bahia, Brazil. An individual interview was conducted, guided by a semi-structured script. Discourse analysis was used and interpretation was based on the theoretical-political framework of intersectionality. From the data, two discursive frequency sequences, seven discursive formations and an explanatory model were derived. Results: Given the gender order towards the construction of the masculinities of black/brown, peripheral, cisgender and heterosexual men who experience incarceration, intercrossed with the other socio-identity markers that influence sexually transmitted infections such as race/skin color, social class, gender/sexuality, schooling/learning, age/generation, they made explicit contexts of health vulnerabilities: neglect, violence, exclusion, machismo, oppression, risk, transmission, infections, unhealthiness, confinement, which intersect and bottle up, causing overlaps and invisibilities with each other. Conclusion: There is intersectionality operating in the experience of men in prison affected by Sexually Transmitted Infections. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]