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Copyright Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Depto de Ciências Sociais Jan-Jun 2015

Abstract

This article discusses the diagnosis of Androgenic Deficiency of the Aging Male (ADAM) and the controversies and disputes over it, based on the re-medicalization of sexuality. The analysis is based on interviews with urologists and endocrinologists, and the different approaches of these two medical specialties elucidate divergent conceptions of body and sexuality present in the biomedical knowledge, and the struggle for hegemony in the scientific field. By comparing the meanings attributed to ADAM and to another male sexual dysfunction, the Erectile Dysfunction (ED), we intend to reflect about the difficulties inherent in the biological reduction of sexuality and the reiteration of gender norms in the medical discourse concerning the male body and sexuality.

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Title
O DIAGNÓSTICO DE DEFICIÊNCIA ANDROGÊNICA DO ENVELHECIMENTO MASCULINO E OS (DES)CAMINHOS DO DESEJO SEXUAL MASCULINO
Author
Tramontano, Lucas; Russo, Jane Araujo
Pages
174-193
Section
DOSSIÊ - TECNOCIÊNCIA, CORPOS, GÊNERO E SEXUALIDADE
Publication year
2015
Publication date
Jan-Jun 2015
Publisher
Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Depto de Ciências Sociais
ISSN
14140543
e-ISSN
21766665
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
Portuguese
ProQuest document ID
1761632177
Copyright
Copyright Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Depto de Ciências Sociais Jan-Jun 2015