A pessoa tem que se sentir uma pessoa normal, como já era - práticas afectivas e sexuais de pessoas vivendo com HIV

Abstract

Current research seeks to understand how PLHIV experience their affective practices and sexual relations in the context of stigma and discrimination. For this purpose, the objective was to understand how the affective and sexual practices of PLHIV are experienced in the context of stigma and discrimination. In order to materialize the research, the method of qualitative approach. As data collection techniques, semi-structured interviews were adopted, combined with content analysis as a technique for analyzing and interpreting data. In In theoretical terms, Harold Garfinkel's Ethnomethodology was used, according to which individuals they are not mere “social idiots” who act according to previously defined social norms, on the contrary, these are social actors with the capacity to reframe the social norms of according to their goals and interests, thus giving a meaning to the social reality that justify your actions in everyday life. With regard to the results, it was found that the PLHIV reported a “normal” life before diagnosis, characterized by activities such as work, living with family, friends and partners in different forums. PLHIV reported disclosing their HIV status to family members, partners, friends and superiors. Work. Men had more difficulty revealing their serostatus than women. The family provides greater support for PLHIV. There were behavioral changes after knowledge of the sero-state. PLHIV incorporate a certain predisposition to face the stigma and discrimination. As for the conclusion, it was found that PLHIV re-signify the social norms from the dialogue they carry out with them, giving a meaning “normalized” to HIV infection in order to direct their “normal” actions in the daily life, where the idea of ​​“normal” highlights the character of the social actor that PLHIV incorporate in reconstructing the notion of infection in a context in which it is associated with promiscuity that makes room for stigma and discrimination (TRADUÇAO NOSSA)