"Eu não faço nada que seja do sexo contrário" : narrativas de adolescente sobre a construção do masculino.

Abstract

This study has as objective elucidate the conceptions of teenagers in compliance with socio-educational measures (MSE) about masculinity. Thematic that is relevant to the high indices in relation to the infractions committed by male teenagers, totaling about 96% in the compliance with MSE in closed scope and, about 88% in the open modality. This reality raises reflections on the phenomenon of the infractional act and the construction of the male gender. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 3 teenagers in a city of Rio Grande do Sul, being analyzed as proposed by Mary Jane Spink, about the production of senses. It was possible to realize how the process of identity construction and gender relations are transversalized in the social welf, enabling new perspectives about the conflict with the law.