The pornification of the male body: notes on the imperative of images on the searching between men for partners on-line

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Autor(a) principal: Morelli, Fábio
Data de Publicação: 2018
Outros Autores: Pereira, Bruno
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: por
Título da fonte: Civitas - Revista de Ciências Sociais (Porto Alegre. Online)
Texto Completo: https://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/index.php/civitas/article/view/28450
Resumo: Based on a cartography about men’s use dating apps to find sexual and romantic partners, such as Grindr and Hornet, we sought to reflect on the imperative of images on websites and applications used among men to find partners online. We analyze historical transformations within the scope of technological development to think how these changes affect the search for love and sex in the current scenario. Contrary to the views that understood that the internet would have discorporating effects, in which the body would lose importance as criterion in the searches of partnerships, we noticed that the body not only matters, but has become central as selection criterion in the online searches. But what is the desired body in this context? In consonance with contemporary  researches, we understand that a process that we have called pornification is under way. The images by which individuals present themselves online seem to refer to the iconography derived from pornography, so that today's pornographic bodies seem to be the privileged setting for which bodies matter and which ones will be considered desirable in digital spaces.
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spelling The pornification of the male body: notes on the imperative of images on the searching between men for partners on-lineA pornificação do corpo masculino: notas sobre o imperativo das imagens na busca entre homens por parceiros on-lineDigital media. Body. Male homoeroticism. Image. Pornification.Mídias digitais. Corpo. Homoerotismo masculino. Imagem. Pornificação.Based on a cartography about men’s use dating apps to find sexual and romantic partners, such as Grindr and Hornet, we sought to reflect on the imperative of images on websites and applications used among men to find partners online. We analyze historical transformations within the scope of technological development to think how these changes affect the search for love and sex in the current scenario. Contrary to the views that understood that the internet would have discorporating effects, in which the body would lose importance as criterion in the searches of partnerships, we noticed that the body not only matters, but has become central as selection criterion in the online searches. But what is the desired body in this context? In consonance with contemporary  researches, we understand that a process that we have called pornification is under way. The images by which individuals present themselves online seem to refer to the iconography derived from pornography, so that today's pornographic bodies seem to be the privileged setting for which bodies matter and which ones will be considered desirable in digital spaces.A partir de uma cartografia sobre os usos que homens fazem de aplicativos de busca de parcerias amorosas e sexuais, tais como o Grindr e o Hornet, buscamos refletir sobre o imperativo das imagens nos sites e aplicativos de busca entre homens por parceiros on-line. Analisamos transformações históricas no âmbito do desenvolvimento tecnológico para pensar como essas mudanças incidem nas buscas por amor e sexo no cenário atual. Ao contrário das visões que entendiam que a internet teria efeitos descorporificadores, na qual o corpo perderia importância como critério nas buscas de parcerias, notamos que o corpo não apenas importa, como tem se tornado central como critério de seleção nas buscas on-line. Mas qual é o corpo desejado neste contexto? Em consonância com pesquisas contemporâneas, entendemos que está em curso um processo que chamamos de pornificação. As imagens, pelas quais os indivíduos se autoapresentam on-line, parecem remeter a iconografia oriunda da pornografia, de modo que, os corpos pornificados, atualmente, parecem se constituir como o enquadramento privilegiado para designar quais corpos importam e são mais desejados nos espaços digitais.Editora da Pucrs - ediPUCRS2018-04-13info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/index.php/civitas/article/view/2845010.15448/1984-7289.2018.1.28450Civitas: journal of Social Sciences; Vol. 18 No. 1 (2018): Gender and Sexuality; 187-203Civitas: revista de Ciências Sociais; Vol. 18 Núm. 1 (2018): Gênero e Sexualidade; 187-203Civitas: revista de Ciências Sociais; v. 18 n. 1 (2018): Gênero e Sexualidade; 187-2031984-72891519-608910.15448/1984-7289.2018.1reponame:Civitas - Revista de Ciências Sociais (Porto Alegre. Online)instname:Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS)instacron:PUC_RSporhttps://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/index.php/civitas/article/view/28450/16660Copyright (c) 2018 Civitas - Revista de Ciências Sociaishttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessMorelli, FábioPereira, Bruno2019-02-28T15:07:22Zoai:ojs.revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br:article/28450Revistahttps://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/index.php/civitas/oaiPRIhttp://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/ojs/index.php/civitas/oaicivitas@pucrs.br1984-72891519-6089opendoar:2019-02-28T15:07:22Civitas - Revista de Ciências Sociais (Porto Alegre. Online) - Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS)false
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The pornification of the male body: notes on the imperative of images on the searching between men for partners on-line
A pornificação do corpo masculino: notas sobre o imperativo das imagens na busca entre homens por parceiros on-line
title The pornification of the male body: notes on the imperative of images on the searching between men for partners on-line
spellingShingle The pornification of the male body: notes on the imperative of images on the searching between men for partners on-line
Morelli, Fábio
Digital media. Body. Male homoeroticism. Image. Pornification.
Mídias digitais. Corpo. Homoerotismo masculino. Imagem. Pornificação.
title_short The pornification of the male body: notes on the imperative of images on the searching between men for partners on-line
title_full The pornification of the male body: notes on the imperative of images on the searching between men for partners on-line
title_fullStr The pornification of the male body: notes on the imperative of images on the searching between men for partners on-line
title_full_unstemmed The pornification of the male body: notes on the imperative of images on the searching between men for partners on-line
title_sort The pornification of the male body: notes on the imperative of images on the searching between men for partners on-line
author Morelli, Fábio
author_facet Morelli, Fábio
Pereira, Bruno
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Pereira, Bruno
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Digital media. Body. Male homoeroticism. Image. Pornification.
Mídias digitais. Corpo. Homoerotismo masculino. Imagem. Pornificação.
topic Digital media. Body. Male homoeroticism. Image. Pornification.
Mídias digitais. Corpo. Homoerotismo masculino. Imagem. Pornificação.
description Based on a cartography about men’s use dating apps to find sexual and romantic partners, such as Grindr and Hornet, we sought to reflect on the imperative of images on websites and applications used among men to find partners online. We analyze historical transformations within the scope of technological development to think how these changes affect the search for love and sex in the current scenario. Contrary to the views that understood that the internet would have discorporating effects, in which the body would lose importance as criterion in the searches of partnerships, we noticed that the body not only matters, but has become central as selection criterion in the online searches. But what is the desired body in this context? In consonance with contemporary  researches, we understand that a process that we have called pornification is under way. The images by which individuals present themselves online seem to refer to the iconography derived from pornography, so that today's pornographic bodies seem to be the privileged setting for which bodies matter and which ones will be considered desirable in digital spaces.
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