Accompagner les pratiques masturbatoires des adolescent.e.s dans des institutions pour personnes dites autistes : gestion du collectif, crainte de l’intime

Drawing on a fourteen-month ethnographic study conducted within three specialized institutions for young people designated as autistic, and thirty interviews with its professionals, this article addresses discourses and practices related to masturbation. While sexuality is officially prohibited with...

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Main Author: Adrien Primerano
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Language:fra
Published: Genre, Sexualité et Société 2018-06-01
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/gss/4160
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description Drawing on a fourteen-month ethnographic study conducted within three specialized institutions for young people designated as autistic, and thirty interviews with its professionals, this article addresses discourses and practices related to masturbation. While sexuality is officially prohibited within these institutions, masturbation is legitimized in the name of exploring the body and as a symbol of adolescence. However, the way of addressing masturbation varies according to gender: for boys, there’s more openness and discussion. A concerted and collective behaviour management can provide support for making masturbatory acts private. Nonetheless, even though masturbation might be seen as a practice requiring learning in order to achieve pleasure or to avoid frustration, there is no consensus among professionals on how to get these skills or if it is necessary.
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Accompagner les pratiques masturbatoires des adolescent.e.s dans des institutions pour personnes dites autistes : gestion du collectif, crainte de l’intime
Genre, Sexualité et Société
sexuality
Disability
Adolescence
Masturbation
Specialized institution
title Accompagner les pratiques masturbatoires des adolescent.e.s dans des institutions pour personnes dites autistes : gestion du collectif, crainte de l’intime
title_full Accompagner les pratiques masturbatoires des adolescent.e.s dans des institutions pour personnes dites autistes : gestion du collectif, crainte de l’intime
title_fullStr Accompagner les pratiques masturbatoires des adolescent.e.s dans des institutions pour personnes dites autistes : gestion du collectif, crainte de l’intime
title_full_unstemmed Accompagner les pratiques masturbatoires des adolescent.e.s dans des institutions pour personnes dites autistes : gestion du collectif, crainte de l’intime
title_short Accompagner les pratiques masturbatoires des adolescent.e.s dans des institutions pour personnes dites autistes : gestion du collectif, crainte de l’intime
title_sort accompagner les pratiques masturbatoires des adolescent e s dans des institutions pour personnes dites autistes gestion du collectif crainte de l intime
topic sexuality
Disability
Adolescence
Masturbation
Specialized institution
url https://journals.openedition.org/gss/4160
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