Representaciones sociales construidas sobre el cuerpo femenino por mujeres adolescentes, víctimas de explotación sexual

ABSTRACT: The objective of this study was to explore and review the social representations and the cognitive affective meanings that adolescent women victims have constructed on the female body. The reflection focused on "that" what is under that body's skin, that body constituted in...

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Bibliographic Details
Author: Zuluaga Gómez, Armando
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2018
Country:Colombia
Institution:Universidad de Antioquia
Repository:Repositorio UdeA
Language:Spanish
OAI Identifier:oai:bibliotecadigital.udea.edu.co:10495/10680
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10495/10680
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Adolescente
Cuerpo
Cuerpo humano
Explotación sexual
Mujeres
Trabajo sexual
Violación
Adolescent
Human body
Rape
Sex Work
Sexual exploitation
Women
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Summary:ABSTRACT: The objective of this study was to explore and review the social representations and the cognitive affective meanings that adolescent women victims have constructed on the female body. The reflection focused on "that" what is under that body's skin, that body constituted in an object of desire for who exploits it or who act as an intermediary; this study asked about social representations that different actors involved in this violation of rights have regarding victims' bodies, as well as, frank critiques regarding social and state convenience. Accordingly, the article proposes matters that contest some expert and institutional conceptualizations as social category. It was used to try to explain the type of relation established between an exploiter and an adolescent. This text is the result of an interaction of more than 2 years working with sexual exploitation victims, observing and recording in a field diary this issue in different contexts. This allowed the proposal of the two points of view presented herein. In an experiential workshop for adolescent women victims, constructions were obtained, and they enabled us to understand that which we could call a confiscated body. The poor social representation is basically that it is "a thing" for another person's enjoyment, without any interest in that person’s rights or in the damage that is caused. The type of violence that sexual exploitation victims suffer has been discharged systemically on their bodies; this justifies the pertinence of this discussion.