Homens bissexuais, identidades e representações sociais

Abstract

The object of our research is bisexuality in men, and our main objective is to identify the meanings given to male bisexuality in peer-reviewed Brazilian scientific articles. As a specific objective, we analyzed how the identities of bisexual men are intertwined with social representations of sexuality. For the method, an integrative review was carried out of peer-reviewed scientific articles indexed in the “Portal de Periódicos CAPES”, with a time frame from 1990 to 2023. Based on a critical perspective of social psychology, the information was analyzed using Gender Studies, Social Representation Theory and Identity Studies. As a result of this work, the discursive elements, in this case the Brazilian scientific articles, indicate that bisexuality arose because of the spread of HIV, associated with betrayal and promiscuity (thus composing social representations about this sexuality), generating in men a non-identification with this emerging bisexual identity that endures to this day. We hope that this research can help raise awareness of the importance of researchers paying attention, in their productions, to how the sexuality of bisexual men is being presented. In this awareness, it is important to observe how social representations of sexuality interact in the construction of bisexual identities and subjectivities.