Sobre los significados de ser hombre en varones jóvenes en el área metropolitana de Buenos Aires

The aim of this article is to analyze social representations of male adolescents about the meaning of being a boy and the implications for their sexual interactions. To that purpose we examine data from a qualitative research among male adolescents from two socioeconomic strata: low and middle-low residents from the Metropolitan Area of Buenos Aires (AMBA). The data show that the conception about a male desire greater than the female desire is in great part justified by essentialist arguments (biological reasons). However, this conception is also justified by social arguments or a mix of socia...