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This article deals with the differential distribution of death in the face of viral epidemics and pandemics. We will take the current Sars-CoV-2 pandemic in conjunction with the HIV epidemic in order to understand how barriers that divide humans into groups, by which it is decided who can or cannot die of a viral disease. Thinking from Donna Haraway's feminism and critique of human exceptionalism, her theory is articulated with the notions of biopolitics, necropolitics and framing, in order to situate the relationships between some humans and these viruses, considering crossings such as race, gender and sexuality. It is possible to understand that, even without any scientific evidence that justify fatal encounters between some humans and viruses, the stories produced about these pathogens guide those who live or die in contact with them. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The relationship between violence and masculinity warrants special attention in intervention work with men who inflict violence against their partners. In this article we sought to explore this connection drawing upon the metaphor of 'being like a bull' used by a member of a group of men held in Spain. We reflected on the patriarchal system that legitimises the constant proof expected of the 'bull', of its masculinity in an 'arena' made up of an audience of spectators who reflect the traditional male image. In conclusion, we highlighted the importance of psychosocial interventions in this sector with a more committed political/policy and gender perspective, focusing on cultural and macro-social aspects in interventions with those who inflict violence. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of this text is mapping and reflecting on the third generation of Brazilian researchers in gender psychology, doing an articulation with the integration of masculinities studies and queer studies on these groups of research. This generation, to which the authors of this paper belong, consists of groups of researchers already enrolled in an organized field, in which they use the gender category, concept recognized in the social sciences and humanities a long time ago. It is important to take into account that one of the main roles of this generation has been spreading and deepening the achievements, both theoretical and methodological, attained by earlier generations. In general, we can state that the third generation reflects the current value of plurality, the appreciation of new subjects on the feminism field on Brazil, bringing topics for research focused on the search for legitimacy in the new configurations of the Brazilian feminist movement. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The objective of this study was to analyze the literature on intimate partner violence in male to male relationships. This is an integrative review. We analyzed 66 articles published between 2012-2019 in English, Spanish and Portuguese in SCIELO, Virtual Health Library, Redalyc, Dialnet and in Portal Periódicos CAPES. The data obtained were analyzed in a descriptive way, based on the elaboration of an instrument called the "Protocol". They also allowed the construction of four categories: 1) Masculinities; 2) Minority social stress; 3) The use of alcohol and other drugs; 4) Mechanisms used by the victim to deal with IPV, that demonstrated the main forms of intimate partner violence between male to male relationships, sociocultural factors related to them and the mechanisms that the victims used to deal with it. The minority social stress theory is accepted as a way of explaining intimate violence among male to male relationships and this is allied to gender categories that denote that the use of violence by men is acceptable. The main way to deal with violence reported in the literature was informal, through friends, showing a gap in public policies on the subject for nonheterosexual people. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

We sought to identify which are the motivations for the crime of femicide. We performed a data collection in the SCIELO, CAPES, and BVS journals, in Portuguese, English, and Spanish, including articles published between 2015 and 2019. We selected 11 researches that met the inclusion criteria. The results were organized into eight categories: “Separation/end of a relationship”; “Jealousy”; “It was her fault: the woman's conduct,” “Alcohol and other drugs and mental disorders,” “The way out of the job market,” “Rape followed by femicide and drug trafficking,” “When the woman is the mastermind of the crime,” “Masculinities, violence and the defense of honor”. We observed that the motivations for the crime of femicide were intertwined with gender mandates, that is, when a woman does not perform the expected femininity, she may be at risk of life and that the mandates of masculinity gave intelligibility in the justification of the crime. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The identity that characterizes political minorities is associated with categories through which they are characterized as incompatible. The objective is to understand the phenomenon of representativeness associated with political minorities by conducting a systematic review of the Brazilian literature, as well as the reflection and problematization of the concepts raised. The descriptors are "representativeness" and "identity" in the databases IndexPsi, Pepsic, Scielo and Capes Publications, for the time period 2000-2018. In all, 35 articles were included, which presented descriptors to social groups in the abstract. The concept of representativeness, as an empowerment social mechanism of minority groups, presents difficulties of standardization given the complexity of social relations; demanding the election of influential authors in the political and cultural layers in the recognition of the identity of the group and in the defense of their own interests, in overcoming feelings imminent to inequalities and in the reformulation of power relations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article discusses the relationships between the corporeality and the subjectivity of young people from low-income urban contexts of Florianopolis, in southern Brazil, as part of multi-centered research work conducted in five Brazilian capitals on the exercise of young people's sexual and reproductive rights, which included 18 interviews and eight focus groups, discriminated by sex and age ranges. In the stories of male and female youths it was possible to discern a great concern with their body image, following a standard national pattern of middle and urban socio-economic levels, according to which a "worked out" body is a healthy body. Considering bodies as symbols that validate and signify subjects, it is important to highlight the significant influence of gender and class markers in the "training of bodies", defining and redefining social relations and the meanings given by young people to corporeality and their ways of doing things in the world. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]