Invisible Victims: Addressing the Sexual and Health Consequences of Stealth Breeding for Brazilian Gay Men Wendell Ferrari, Pedro Alexandre Costa, Marcia Thereza Couto, Marcos Nascimento Journal of Homosexuality, 2026 Stealth breeding is the act in which a man removes a condom during sexual intercourse without the consent of the male partner. This paper explores the context of stealth breeding among gay men in Brazil. Through in-depth interviews with ten gay men who have experienced stealthing, this study highlights its sexual and mental health consequences. The participants, aged 21-49, reside in urban areas of Brazil. Using thematic analysis, the results indicate the dynamics and consequences of stealth breeding, including the decision to seek post-exposure prophylaxis the following day, the reporting of sexually transmitted infections and HIV, the emergence of mental health concerns, and the lack of support from professionals and institutions. This phenomenon has resulted in a significant gap in scientific, legal, and social awareness, which requires urgent attention at the national and global levels. Understanding stealth breeding would assist in the development of preventive strategies, particularly among gay men, thus meriting increased clinical and research attention.
Experiences of Stealthing and the Sociodemographic Profiles of Women Victims in Brazil: A National Study Wendell Ferrari, Conceição Nogueira, Marcos Nascimento Social Sciences, 2024 Stealthing is the removal of a condom during sexual intercourse without the consent of one’s partner. Despite considerable media attention devoted to the trend, limited empirical research has examined how women experienced stealthing. This study aimed to contribute toward generating empirical evidence to guide the discussion surrounding stealthing. It is the first empirical research at a national level in Brazil. An online survey was conducted among 2275 women over 18 who experienced stealthing. The study analyzes these women’s sociodemographic profiles and how they experienced stealthing. Most were white, young, had a religion, were highly educated, and belonged to the Brazilian middle class. They usually experienced stealthing during their youth, and the perpetrator was a cisgender man. Most of them did not look for the morning-after pill and post-exposure prophylaxis after the occurrence and never told anyone about this experience. They stated that the perpetrator should be punished. Women reported contracting sexually transmitted infections, experiencing an unplanned pregnancy, or having an illegal abortion. In conclusion, the high incidence of stealthing in the country is notable, which should generate more discussions at academic and legal levels, creating specific laws on the subject so that victims could have more support.
Digital activism about gay fatherhood on Instagram: male homoparenting in the picture Juliana Araujo Mesquita, Marcos Antonio Ferreira do Nascimento Ciencia E Saude Coletiva, 2024 In contemporary Brazil, the number of male fathers taking care of their sons and daughters and the initiatives to produce content about fatherhood on Instagram have been significant. This article aims to analyze the concepts that support the digital activism of homoparenting on Instagram, based on gender studies with men. To this end, a qualitative study was conducted using the life narrative method in a digital environment. The results were analyzed and divided into the following sections: parenting project, personal experience of fatherhood, articulation with LGBT political agenda when parenthood becomes a “business”, and haters, criticism, and adverse reactions. It was concluded that the reflection on the experience of fatherhood/masculinity itself is crossed by the social marker of the difference in sexual orientation and the activism for rights that sustain content production. Thus, the uniqueness of each fatherhood is highlighted since the fact of being gay constructs the fatherhood experience for each man. Despite the initiatives brought forth in this study, changes are still in progress, as rights activism coexists with the advancement of conservative forces, which limit the expressions of sexual and gender otherness.
“How I transformed myself”: youth, HIV prevention and the contribution of community-based social projects in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Simone Monteiro, Vanessa do Nascimento Fonseca, Marcos Nascimento Interface Communication Health Education, 2024 O artigo analisa os possíveis efeitos de projetos sociais desenvolvidos na década de 2000, em uma favela do Rio de Janeiro, na trajetória de vida e cuidado da saúde sexual e reprodutiva dos participantes. Foram entrevistados cinco mulheres e cinco homens egressos/as dessas intervenções. Segundo os resultados, a abordagem dos direitos humanos e desigualdades sociais e de gênero somada à participação juvenil e parcerias institucionais, assim como à expansão de políticas públicas para jovens no país, colaboraram para que seus integrantes tivessem relações de gênero mais igualitárias, postergassem a maternidade/paternidade e adotassem práticas preventivas ao HIV/IST. Ademais, favoreceram o acesso ao Ensino Superior, a melhoria das condições socioeconômicas e influenciaram suas escolhas profissionais. Tais resultados podem orientar a implementação de ações diante do aumento de casos de HIV/Aids entre jovens e do desmonte de políticas públicas para saúde sexual e reprodutiva.
Homoparenting: challenges for public health Romeu Gomes, Rosana Machin, Marcos Antonio Ferreira do Nascimento, Marcia Tereza Couto Ciencia E Saude Coletiva, 2024 Although the term "homoparenting" may be perceived as recent in the field of public health, it was coined in 1997 by the Association of Gay and Lesbian Parents in France 1 . This expression refers to families that include at least one adult who identifies as homosexual, raising one or more children 1 .
Discussing the relationships between homoparenthood and health Romeu Gomes, Rosana Machin, Marcos Antonio Ferreira do Nascimento, Marcia Tereza Couto Ciencia E Saude Coletiva, 2024 The present article aims to bridge the gaps or deepen the debate to discuss the relationship between homoparenthood and health. This essay is anchored in specific literature. We seek to work on the following questions throughout the text: (i) How is the central theme of this discussion historically outlined? (ii) How does homoparenthood appear in scientific health production in general? (iii) What sociopolitical dimensions emerge around homoparenthood-health relationships? and (iv) What are the limitations and possibilities for exercising reproductive rights between same-sex couples? Among the conclusions, we underscore the challenge of facing the strangeness of homoparenthood against the idea of the so-called called “normal” family based on heteronormative logic. Even in countries with some legal apparatus assuring the rights to homoparental families, their members suffer prejudice, discrimination, and violence.
Send it to one, throw it to another: the Zika health emergency on the margins of the State Martha Cristina Nunes Moreira, Ellen Hilda Souza de Alcantara Oliveira, Daniel de Souza Campos, Marcos Antonio Ferreira do Nascimento, Paulo Cesar Peiter Physis, 2024 Temporarily distant from the declaration of the Public Health Emergency of International Importance (ESPII) and Public Health Emergency of National Importance (ESPIN) caused by the Zika epidemic, in 2015, we enunciate the legacy of the humanitarian emergency. Based on qualitative research, through focus groups with health professionals and families of children affected by the Zika epidemic in Natal and Feira de Santana, we seek to discuss this public health phenomenon through the lens of State Anthropology. We conclude that the non-recognition of the State as an instance embodied in the daily practices of its local agents leads to the reproduction of discriminatory practices emptied of political sense and the recognition of moralities that permeate the absences in health promotion actions and recognition strategies, and search for methods to guarantee the right to health.
Zika virus in Northeast Brazil: retrospective for research Ellen Hilda Souza de Alcantara Oliveira, Daniel de Souza Campos, Martha Cristina Nunes Moreira, Marcos Antonio Ferreira do Nascimento, Paulo Cesar Peiter Physis, 2024 O artigo trata das impressões compartilhadas de pesquisadores e sua experiência no trabalho de campo no Nordeste do Brasil, no âmbito do projeto Promoção da saúde no contexto da epidemia de zika: atores e cenários nos processos de tomada de decisão (FIOCRUZ/ZIKAlliance). Aqui procuramos compartilhar impressões de campo sobre uma pesquisa acerca da epidemia de Zika vírus, em dois municípios situados em diferentes localidades do Nordeste. Evidenciamos a importância do caderno de campo na pesquisa qualitativa e tecemos reflexões acerca dos resultados das entrevistas realizadas com mulheres em idade reprodutiva, gestantes, profissionais de saúde, mães e pais de crianças acometidas por microcefalia e trabalhadores autônomos. A partir dos depoimentos, foi possível observar aproximações, identificações e estranhamentos dos sujeitos de pesquisa com os pesquisadores, constituindo importante termômetro para nossa percepção do campo e das possibilidades de produção de conhecimento científico sobre a epidemia do Zika no Nordeste do Brasil.Abstract: This article deals with the shared impressions of researchers and their experience in fieldwork in Northeast Brazil, within the project's scope: Health promotion in the context of the Zika epidemic: actors and scenarios in decision-making processes (FIOCRUZ/ZIKAlliance). Here, we seek to share field impressions of research on the Zika Virus in two municipalities located in different locations in the Northeast. We highlight the importance of the field notebook in qualitative research and reflect on the results of interviews conducted with women of reproductive age, pregnant women, health professionals, mothers and fathers of children affected by microcephaly, and self-employed workers. From the testimonies, it was possible to observe similarities, identifications, and estrangements between the research subjects and the researchers, constituting a vital thermometer for our perception of the field and the possibilities of producing scientific knowledge about the Zika epidemic in Northeastern Brazil.
“Here in the favela, nothing stopped”: perception of the COVID-19 pandemics by young men from Complexo da Maré, RJ, Brazil Lucas Tramontano, Marcos Antonio Ferreira do Nascimento Ciencia E Saude Coletiva, 2023 This article discusses the perceptions of young men living in Complexo da Maré, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, regarding the COVID-19 pandemic and the adoption of prevention techniques. Data were collected from semi-structured interviews with men between 18 and 29 years of age, conducted at the end of 2022, and analyzed using thematic content analysis. The results point to a partial adherence of young people to recommended prevention practices, with low social distancing, but a high vaccination rate and a resistance to negationist discourses, despite describing the favela as an environment that paid little attention to the pandemic. Factors, such as education and the fragility of employment contracts, were predominant in prevention strategies. The internet is the primary source of information accessed by this population and can be strategic for future health communication and education with young men.
Bereavement and paternity: resignifications of the paternal experience after losing a child Paula Zanuto Maués, Marcos Nascimento Interface Communication Health Education, 2023 O estudo baseia-se em pesquisa qualitativa de referencial socioantropológico, cujo objetivo foi compreender as ressignificações da paternidade diante da perda precoce de um filho. Sete homens foram entrevistados em ambientes digitais. Da análise pelo método de interpretação de sentidos, emergiram as categorias: representações sobre a paternidade; a experiência do luto; e ressignificações da paternidade. Os resultados apontaram que: 1) muitas representações paternas remeteram ao processo de tornar-se pai e à dedicação aos filhos; 2) evidenciaram-se particularidades do luto paterno, com destaque aos processos de despedida e às repercussões de apoio social; 3) as ressignificações abarcaram desde mudanças pessoais a iniciativas de mobilização pública. Os mandatos culturais masculinos incidem na invisibilização social do luto paterno. Assim, diante da lacuna existente no tema da Saúde Coletiva, busca-se trazer contribuições para a atenção aos pais enlutados.
Stigmas of congenital Zika syndrome: family perspectives Martha Cristina Nunes Moreira, Corina Helena Figueira Mendes, Marcos Antonio Ferreira do Nascimento, Ana Paula Lopes de Melo, Maria do Socorro Veloso de Albuquerque, Hannah Kuper, Márcia Pinto, Loveday Penn-Kenkana, Maria Elizabeth Lopes Moreira Cadernos De Saude Publica, 2022
Rare diseases and the associative dialogue: Resignifications for moral experiences Martha Cristina Nunes Moreira, Marcos Antonio Ferreira do Nascimento, Daniel de Souza Campos, Lidianne Albernaz, Ana Carolina Carioca da Costa, Letícia Baptista de Paula Barros, Dafne Dain Gandelman Horovitz, Antilia Januária Martins, Adelino Furtado Madureira, Nicole Velloso de Oliveira, Márcia Pinto Ciencia E Saude Coletiva, 2019
Gender inequality and restrictive gender norms: framing the challenges to health Lori Heise, Margaret E Greene, Neisha Opper, Maria Stavropoulou, Caroline Harper, Marcos Nascimento, Debrework Zewdie, Gary L Darmstadt, Margaret Eleanor Greene, Sarah Hawkes, Lori Heise, Sarah Henry, Jody Heymann, Jeni Klugman, Ruth Levine, Anita Raj, Geeta Rao Gupta Lancet, 2019
Masculinities, Social Exclusion and Prospects for Change: Reflections from Promundo’s Work in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Men and Development Politicizing Masculinities, 2011
