MARTINS, P. C. R.; AIELLO-VAISBERG, T. M. J. “Is it that he is?”: the imaginary about homosexuality. Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Research in Psychoanalysis and Phenomenology: Qualitative Research in Mental Health – Psychoanalytic and Phenomenological Perspectives, Campinas: Pontifical Catholic University of Campinas, 2008.
Abstract: This article presents partial results of a research study aimed at investigating the collective imaginary of students about male sexual problems. Therefore, the psychoanalytic method was operated through the Field Theory, based on the psychoanalytic framework of José Bleger. The Thematic Drawing-and-Story Procedure [D-E (T)] was used in a collective setting with a class of Law students. The psychoanalytic analysis indicated that the imaginary figure is organized around fields related to the need to achieve a certain standard of competent behavior, as well as difficulties in establishing stable relationships and defining sexual orientation. This text focuses specifically on the field titled “Is it that he is?”, which refers to male sexual problems in the context of sexual orientation.