Abstract

GOMES, Elias Evangelista. Socialization practices regarding sexual taste and the exercise of sex. Etnográfica [online]. 2015, vol.19, n.1, pp.51-57. ISSN 0873-6561.

The article is the result of an ethnographic study aimed to identify and analyze contemporary socialization practices among youngsters in a Pentecostal Evangelical Church in the city of São Paulo, Brazil. Socialization regarding sexuality and the strategies and tensions it involves are the main focus of the article. The consumption of pornographic media among these young people allows for the conceptual discussion of sexual taste and the exercise of sex as social constructs.

Keywords : socialization; sexual taste; sexual practice; youth; religion; pornography.

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