Mendès-Leite R
GREH-CEAQ/Université René Descartes-Paris V.
J Homosex. 1993;25(3):271-82. doi: 10.1300/J082v25n03_03.
In this article I would like to present some aspects of the Brazilian culture of sexuality and I will do so in a comprehensive (Maffesoli, 1985) and constructivist way (Weeks, 1986). Therefore I will treat this subject of sexual orientation as something that has to be analysed in a historical and cultural context that particularly insists upon the specific context in which sexual orientation and gender role are found. The models of sexual behavior reflect the system of values and the social structure of society they are dealing with. Moreover, the perspectives of sexuality within a larger social universe, have to be seen as one of the numerous possible forms of behaviour. Consequently, in my opinion, it is very important for methodology, to use an approach that ceases to emphasize only the sexual aspect of homosocial relationships; they should be considered far more as one of the various ways of interpersonal relationships, in which sexualization is just one of all the possible facets (Aerts et al., 1983; Duyvendak and Mejer, 1988).
在本文中，我想呈现巴西性文化的一些方面，并且我将以一种全面的方式（马费索利，1985年）和建构主义的方式（威克斯，1986年）来进行。因此，我将把性取向这个主题视为必须在历史和文化背景中进行分析的内容，尤其要强调性取向和性别角色所处的特定背景。性行为模式反映了它们所涉及的社会的价值体系和社会结构。此外，在更广阔社会领域中的性观念，必须被视为众多可能行为形式之一。因此，在我看来，对于方法论而言，采用一种不再仅仅强调同性社会关系的性方面的方法非常重要；它们更应被视为人际关系的各种方式之一，其中性特征只是所有可能方面之一（阿尔茨等人，1983年；杜维恩达克和梅杰，1988年）。
