title: [Forbidden sexualities: madness and the male gender].
abstract: The article identifies and studies male sexuality and affectivity as forbidden and imprisoned in Brazilian asylums in the first decades of the Republic. By analyzing psychiatric records from that era, it explores the notion that sexual and affective behavior had little to do with the construction of male profiles deemed 'deviant' and/or 'pathological'. This reflection shifts the focus of analysis to the gender specificities that determine the various traits displayed in 'mental disturbances' attributed to certain sexual and affective behavior.
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Formação de Professores, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Condominio Ubá Pendotiba, R.3, Q.4, L.6, 24322-140 Niterói RJ, Brasil. magaliengel@terra.com.br
authors.forename: Magali Gouveia
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Engel
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D007172:Erectile Dysfunction / Q000266:history*; D005783:Gender Identity; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D018451:Homosexuality, Male / Q000266:history*; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric / Q000266:history; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010686:Philosophy, Medical / Q000266:history*; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000266:history*; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000266:history*; D013609:Taboo / Q000266:history*