Entre la inclusión condicionada y la exclusión coercitiva: Violencia homofóbica y cosificación en mujeres lesbianas y bisexuales de Lima, Perú

Hidalgo R.F.C.; Chávez J.B. · Interamerican Journal of Psychology (2025) · DOI: 10.30849/ripijp.v59(2025).e2250

Resumen

This research aimed to explore the experiences of objectification and homophobic violence in lesbian and bisexual women between 18 to 24 years of age in Metropolitan Lima. An exploratory qualitative model with a thematic analysis procedure was followed, and semi-structured interview guides were developed to address objectification and homophobic violence. Thirteen cisgender lesbian and bisexual women participated in the study (M=21.23, SD=1.59). We obtained two main themes linked to six subcategories. For the objectification of women and diversity, experiences of objectification from birth, hypersexualization of lesbian and bisexual women, and responsibilization of women in their treatment as sexual objects were highlighted. For homophobic violence and violence against women, we highlighted the experience of lesbophobia and biphobia, explicit violence linked to the recognition of sex and sexual orientation, and the family as a coercive agent. In conclusion, lesbian and bisexual women share experiences related to their position of vulnerability and their gender, and differ in specific experiences related to their diversity, such as representativeness, inclusion, and situations of explicit violence. Therefore, these women experience a conditioned inclusion according to the possibility of objectification, and a coercive exclusion that is expressed in rejection, explicit acts of violence and coercion.

Instituciones: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú