The scorpion’s kiss: a tele-fictional analysis of a case of the sexuality’s crisis

Abstract

illustrated in the Portuguese soap opera, The Scorpion’s Kiss. It is a content analysis in which the author made a cut of the plot of the telenovela, to deal with the homoaffective romance of the characters, Paulo Furtado and Miguel Macieira, emphasizing the crisis of the sexuality of the character Miguel. The sexuality’s crisis is due to the non-acceptance of sexuality itself, and to the amount of energy used to live fleeing and denying reality. In this article, a case was illustrated based on the concept of the sexuality’s crisis. Contributed by discussing the crisis of masculinity, threatened masculinity and the homosocial bromance relationship as ways of repressing sexuality. Was treated the concept of fluidity of sexuality that perceives human sexuality as a complex and fluid phenomenon. Based on these mentioned concepts, a content analysis on the problem of the crisis of sexuality was contributed, seeking to articulate in an inclusive and ethical way with the theory of Reichian Body Psychology. It was concluded that there is a lack of bibliographic materials that deals directly, inclusively and ethically with sexuality and gender in the scope of body psychology.