Gender subjects are extremely important for the acknowledgements of the relationships of power amongst the society, including sexuality. The aim of this study is to analyze the influence of gender relations in the adolescents' context and different gender perceptions of the vulnerability to sexually transmissive diseases. This is a study with qualitative approach which used a focal group technique with adolescents of Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil. Through the adolescents' dialogue it was found that the social network does not feel responsible for their vulnerability. The adolescents of the male focal group felt the need to freely express their sexual desires, withholders of authority in a conjugal relationship. The female focal group repeated the present condition of female submission towards the males' desires. Both groups are vulnerable to sexually transmissive diseases. The whole format of society contributes to the present paradigms, which embodies sexuality.
Adolescent Health; Sexuality; Vulnerability; Sexually Transmissive Diseases; Gender Identity