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Diversitas: Perspectivas en Psicología
Print version ISSN 1794-9998
Abstract
GUZMAN DIAZ, Alma Vanessa and TRUJANO RUIZ, Patricia. Systems of Meanings concerning the Erotic Experience and Child Sexual Abuse. Divers.: Perspect. Psicol. [online]. 2020, vol.16, n.1, pp.65-77. Epub Jan 01, 2020. ISSN 1794-9998. https://doi.org/10.15332/22563067.3952.
Child sexual abuse may have effects on the erotic experience of people. However, when such an episode is narrated by the participants, they might give meaning to its possible consequences in different ways. Therefore, we carried out a qualitative research within the theoretical framework of social constructionism involving four women and two men who experienced sexual abuse in childhood. We conducted semi-structured and thematic interviews. In the analysis of the narratives, we noted the importance of the traditional gender constructs in the first erotic experience. Additionally, the experiences of sexual abuse helped to make sense of the difficulties observed in adulthood. Finally, we highlight that the value attributed to love was an element that allowed the positive re-signification of the experience.
Keywords : child sexual abuse; eroticism; social constructionism; narrative; qualitative inquiry.