Seksualumo konstravimas biografijoje: lytinio debiuto strategijos

LTIndividuali seksualumo samprata yra socialinis darinys, sukonstruotas biografijoje. Pagrindinis straipsnio tikslas – išnagrinėti subjektyvias lytinio gyvenimo debiuto interpretacijas, atskleisti visuomenės seksualumo diskursų įtaką žmonių veiksmams. Darbo pagrindas – gyvenimo istorijų tyrimo medžiaga. Biografiniuose pasakojimuose fiksuojami keturi lytinio debiuto interpretacijų tipai. Jie modeliuojami skirtingų seksualumo, socialinės lyties (gender) ir santuokos sampratų. [Iš leidinio]Reikšminiai žodžiai: Jaunimas; Lytinis debiutas; Lytis, seksualumas, seksualinis debiutas, Lietuva; Seksualumas; Gendeer, sexuality, sexual debut, Lithuania; Lithuania; Sexual debut; Sexuality; Youth.

ENSexuality is a social construct. It is constructed in the history of societies as well as in the individual's life. During the past decade the Lithuanian society experienced radical changes in the sexuality discourse. Sexuality has become a profitable market commodity. In the article the subjective interpretation of sexual debut (first sexual intercourse) is analysed. The information used comes from 40 life stories of persons who were born between 1970 and 1975. All of them are married and live in Vilnius. In the life stories four types of subjective interpretations (strategies), which lay behind the involvement in sexual relations, have been detected. Each of them constitutes a special bond of sexuality, gender and marriage. In the project and accident strategy, sexuality is a mean for constructing the traditional gender identity. Women explore sexual relations to get into the marital market, to receive a status of married women. They rationally plan their first sexual intercourse. Accident strategy is more typical for men's biography. Sexual intercourse happens by accident, there is no rational project. The third phase of sexual strategy is a long standing romantic relationship. The fourth type of sexual strategy postpones the first sexual intercourse until marriage. These four sexual debut strategies presuppose that the understanding of sexuality even before the transitional period was instrumental. Sexuality was and still is a tool of maintaining the traditional gender identity but not as a component of committed and long-lasting woman's and man's bond. [From the publication]