Revista Austral de Ciencias Sociales
Volume 22, 2012, Pages 55-83

Building on my sexual identity: Significance of the first sexual experiences of a middle-school immigrant ('mazahua') girl, in Mexico city [Construyendo mi identidad sexual. significados y experiencias en el inicio sexual de una adolescente, migrante mazahua, estudiante de secundaria en la ciudad de México] (Article)

López A.L.L.
  • a Área Académica 2 Diversidad e Interculturalidad, Carretera al Ajusco No. 24, Col. Heroes de Padierna, 14200, Distrito Federal, Mexico

Abstract

This paper presents a deep study about the build meaning of the first sexual experiences of a native ("Mazahua") Mexican girl; She is a teenager, located as a typical student of a public middle school in the "La Merced" neighbourhood in Mexico City. This work records, and analyses, the love-erotic happening---either lesbian or bisexual---as an important transition component build for the (ethnic, sexual and gender) identity of this young woman. We also discuss that her self-image is constructed as a response of the violence environment against women in this community; also, as a consequence from the urban violence from the city. © 2013.

Author Keywords

Gender violence Migration Sexual identity youth Mazahua people

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ISSN: 07173202
Original Language: English; Spanish