Estigma de peso en la esfera de la sexualidad en mujeres de cuerpos grandes: Un estudio cualitativo

Sexuality is a central aspect of being human throughout life, and has considerable effects on a person's life, both at the level of physical and mental health, as well as general well-being. However, multiple aspects can affect a person's living their sexuality in a positive way. Thus, the present research studies how discrimination and violence affect the area of ​​sexuality. Specifically, it delves into weight stigma as a form of violence. The aim of the present research was to explore how the experience of living weight stigma affects the sphere of sexuality in women with large bodies. Methodology: Qualitative, cross-sectional through the use of interviews. Participants: 7 women between 32 and 42 years old. Results: The participants delve into aspects related to being a woman in our culture and how that affects the relationship with sexuality. Within the more specific aspects, women point to aesthetic violence and normative biomedical discourses as a source of a poor self-image and the feeling that they inhabit an incorrect body as obstacles in the relationship with sexuality.