Abstract
Sexual relations are influenced by norms, Christian values, culture, politics, and economy, and that is why women, throughout history, only practiced sex after marriage. However, many changes have occurred, and now there are conceptual and practical transformations in the sexual behavior of women. This text presents a qualitative research aiming at analyzing women’s social representations of sexual relations. The sample was composed by 60 women. The 60 women in the sample divided into 4 generations: 15 teenagers, 15 young adults, 15 middle-age women, and 15 old women. The qualitative information was analyzed by Bardin’s Thematic Content Analysis. It was found that sexual relations were represented, consensually between generations, by affection and pleasure. Women represented sexual relations through the biopsychosocial aspects that compose sexuality, presenting similarities and differences among generations.
Social representation; Sexuality; Sexual Relation; Women