SEXO SEM PRESERVATIVO SOB A ÓTICA DAS REPRESENTAÇÕES SOCIAIS DE ACADÊMICOS DE UMA UNIVERSIDADE PÚBLICA

Resumen

The objective is to apprehend the academic social representations of a public university on the non-use of condoms in sexual relations. It´s a descriptive and qualitative study. Conducted with the participation of 215 students from a public university, from March to December 2017, for data gathering. Most of the participants were women, Christians, heterosexuals with an active sex life. It´s important to refer that a considerable percentage of women said they did not like using condoms and / or did not have direct access to it. From the evocations, a picture of four houses, bringing a central core with the terms "Sexually Transmitted Infections, Pregnancy, Unwanted Pregnancy and Risks", two adjacent peripheries and a distant one. In the central nucleus, the participants highlight the negative aspects of unprotected sex, pointing out the fear of sexually transmitted infections and an unwanted pregnancy; however it opposes this perspective when assuming a sexual attitude seen as risky.