Heilborn Maria Luiza, Brandão Elaine Reis, Da Silva Cabral Cristiane
Institute of Social Medicine, State University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Cult Health Sex. 2007 Jul-Aug;9(4):403-14. doi: 10.1080/13691050701369441.
This paper examines teenage pregnancy as a social-historical construction of increasing concern in Brazil. It presents findings from over five years of empirical research alongside an analysis of a sample of newspaper articles representative of the dominant positions in the Brazilian press concerning teenage pregnancy. In contrast to mainstream arguments and to broader moral panic surrounding teenage pregnancy, we argue that contemporary patterns of sexual behaviour among young people in Brazil do not signal growing permissiveness and are not straightforwardly related to poverty, family dysfunction or lack of life projects on the part of young people themselves. On the contrary, early pregnancy and parenthood retain strong continuities with core Brazilian values and norms of sexual culture.
本文探讨了青少年怀孕这一在巴西日益受到关注的社会历史建构。文中呈现了超过五年实证研究的结果，并对一份巴西媒体中关于青少年怀孕的主流观点代表性报纸文章样本进行了分析。与围绕青少年怀孕的主流观点和更广泛的道德恐慌相反，我们认为，巴西年轻人当下的性行为模式并不意味着越来越放纵，也与贫困、家庭功能失调或年轻人自身缺乏人生规划没有直接关系。相反，早孕和早育与巴西性文化的核心价值观和规范保持着紧密的延续性。
