Adoption by same-sex couples in Colombia, a review from Psychoanalysis

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Abstract

This article presents a bibliographic review of key concepts related to gender, sexual
identity, desire and enjoyment, all from the theoretical constructs offered by psychoanalysis to
understand subjectivity and its relation to the sexual in human beings. The multiplicity of options in this relationship shows that the masculine and feminine is not exclusively of one or the other sex. The article questions the references of the psychiatric manuals and the evolution of their dichotomies about the normal and the pathological in the experience of sexuality to deal with motherhood and paternity, questioning the debates that have been generated about the possibility of adoption by persons of the same sex, and insisting that the symbolic function concerning a child does not always coincide with the biological parents, and that being a father or being a mother is a symbolic construction linked to desire and not to genetics.

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Jaime Carmona Parra, Universidad de Manizales

Psicólogo, magíster en Ciencias Sociales, doctor en Psicología Social y Postdoctorado en Ciencias Sociales, Niñez y Juventud. Director de la Escuela de Psicología de la Universidad de Manizales. Líneas de investigación: niñez y conflicto armado, violencia contra la mujer, comportamientos autodestructivos en niños y jóvenes. Publicaciones: Libros: Las Niñas de la Guerra en Colombia, Ed. Universidad de Manizales, 2014; La Carrera de las Niñas Soldado en Colombia, Ed. Funlam, 2013. Artículo: Girl Soldiers i Colombia: five views. Revista Universitas Psychologica, Universidad Javeriana v. 11, n. 3. julio – septiembre de 2012.

Isabel Cristina Posada, Universidad de Antioquia

Psicóloga y magíster en Salud Pública. Profesora Facultad Nacional de Salud Pública, Universidad de Antioquia. Líneas de investigación: salud mental, género, sustancias psicoactivas. Publicaciones: Significados del consumo de sustancias psicoactivas en indígenas estudiantes de una universidad de Medellín, Colombia. Revista Universitas Psychologica, Universidad Javeriana, v.14, n.3. 2015; ¿Qué hacer cuando estoy enferma? La búsqueda de alternativas para el bienestar en mujeres desplazadas, Medellín, 2013-2014. Revista Facultad Nacional de Salud Pública, v. 34, n. 2. 2016; Relación médico-paciente: impacto en las campañas de promoción y prevención para personas con VIH en Medellín. Revista Salud Pública, Universidad Nacional, Bogotá, v.18, n. 4. Jul/Aug 2016.

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Published

2018-11-28

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Carmona Parra, J., & Posada, I. C. (2018). Adoption by same-sex couples in Colombia, a review from Psychoanalysis. Revista Estudos Feministas, 26(3). https://doi.org/10.1590/%x

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Vol. 26 No. 3 (2018)

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