Affective-Sexual Relationships for Money beyond Prostitution: An Analysis of the Discourse of Women Sex Workers in Chile's Great North.

A critical analysis of the discourse of female sex workers residing in the Antofagasta region in northern Chile is presented. It highlights the discursive constructions of female sex workers on the commercial, affective, and sexual bond with male mineworkers. From this discursive production emerges the image of a whore-mother, of a woman who, encouraged by a monetary transaction, knows how to embody what her client-miner needs beyond sex: to reinforce his manhood while welcoming him and recognizing him as an affectively deprived subject. Such a role fulfills a function of repairing the virile force of work, sustaining a balance that affects the miner's functioning and performance in the mine.

Complexities of Socio-Labor Integration in Chile: Migrating Colombian Women's Experiences.

The objective of the article is to understand Afro-Colombian women's emotional experiences of the migratory process, and their labor insertion in Chilean territory. The Antofagasta region is one of the doors that connects Chile with its neighbors; at the same time, it is a national territory that is linked to important economic and human movements due to its mining activity. In the analysis of the data collected through of group and individual interviews conducted in the city of Antofagasta, we found experiences of xenophobia, labor abuse, discrimination, prejudices, and stereotypes articulated, along with the tendency of Chilean culture to value European traits over native Latin American traits.

A Methodological Model for the Promotion of Sexual Corporeal Health and Self-Care.

The objective of this article is to contribute to sex education with a methodology that facilitates subjective expression through the body in its different experiences. For that, we propose an intertextual model of sexual self-care that focuses on gender and rights. This work strategy stimulates the emergence of meanings and discourses embodied in a protagonist's body. These procedures are applied in interactive workshops, where the experience narrated, written and graphed on one's own body and sexuality is articulated. Based on this amalgam, a body map is drawn that illustrates a geography of interpersonal relationships. In the process, the importance of gender mandates, coming from meaningful figures, is understood. From these findings it is possible to self-analyze experiences that emerge from the intrapsychic levels weaved with sociocultural and emotional experiences, which opens opportunities for the deconstruction of hegemonic positions. The relationship that develops between the person who produces the intertextual map of the body and the person who orients the process is dialogical in that the notions of authorship, agency and subjective autonomy are recognized, which increases the possibilities of redefining gender's position in social relationships and provides a strategy for educational programs considered from the protagonist's perspective. It is concluded that this model facilitates the process of corporeal self-care in that it strengthens autonomy through the recognition of authorship and agency, strengthening the redefinition of a gendered position in social relationships, providing a strategy for educational prevention programs and the promotion of sexuality.

Experiences of Being a Couple and Working in Shifts in the Mining Industry: Advances and Continuities.

In this study, we sought to understand, from a gender perspective, the experiences of mining couples in Antofagasta, Chile, especially the balance between their intimate lives and the absences of their partners due to the shift work modality. We analyzed testimonies from men and women living in Antofagasta, which is considered to be one of the world's three largest mining regions. Among the main findings, power relations based on the hegemonic gender model supported by the sexual division of labor were identified, which persist in this mining area, despite progress in gender equality issues in Chile. Although there are differences between the discourses of men and women and their subjective positioning, we propose that both actively collaborate with the reproduction of social gender relations marked by male domination. We propose that the way in which couples live is associated with the organization of mining work and especially the shift system, which is central to the reproduction of the gender order with a heteropatriarchal tone.

Ideales regulatorios sobre embarazo y maternidad en hombres y mujeres jóvenes del norte de Chile / Ideais regulatórios sobre gravidez e maternidade em homens e mulheres jovens do norte do Chile / Regulatory ideals about pregnancy and maternity for young men and women in northern Chile

Resumen Este artículo se propone comprender los ideales regulatorios sobre embarazo y maternidad/paternidad en hombres y mujeres jóvenes, de enseñanza media de establecimientos privados y municipalizados de las ciudades de Antofagasta y Calama, Chile. Asimismo, se interpretan las construcciones subjetivas y sociales de acuerdo a dimensiones de género y nivel socioeconómico. La producción de información se llevó a cabo a través de entrevistas semiestructuradas y grupos de conversación. Los principales hallazgos sugieren cuatro ideales regulatorios que intervienen en la construcción de sujeto-joven: Idealesadultocéntricos, Ideales de Género, Ideales religiosos e Ideales familiares. Éstos intervienen de forma dinámica como soporte sociocultural regulatorio de las construcciones de sujeto-joven y sus discursos sobre el embarazo.

Resumo O presente artigo teve por objetivo compreender os ideais reguladores sobre gravidez e maternidade/paternidade em homens e mulheres jovens de ensino médio de estabelecimentos privados e municipais de Antofagasta e Calama, Chile. Deste modo, interpretamos as construções subjetivas e sociais de acordo com dimensões de gênero e nível socioeconômico. A produção de informação foi a cabo através de entrevistas semiestruturadas e grupos de conversação. Os principais achados sugerem quatro ideais reguladores que intervêm na construção de sujeito-jovem: Ideais adultocêntricos, Ideais de gênero, Ideais religiosos e Ideais familiares. Estes intervêm de forma dinâmica como suporte sociocultural regulador das construções de sujeito-jovem e seus discursos sobre a gravidez.

Abstract This article analyzes regulatory ideals about pregnancy and parenthood among young men and women attending both public and private high schools in Antofagasta and Calama, Northern Chile. We looked at gendered and socio-economic dimensions in their subjective and social constructions. Data collection was conducted through semi-structured interviews and focus groups. The findings suggest four regulatory ideals framing the construction of a youths as social subjects: ideals centered on adulthood; gender ideals; religious ideals; and family ideals. Those intervene dinamically, as a socio-cultural regulating framework in the construction of youths as subjects, and in their discourses on pregnancy.