Sexual initiation in women with homoerotic practices in the Colombian coffee triangle

Abstract:

Objective

. The aim of the study was to understand sexual initiation in women who have sex with women in four cities of the Colombian Coffee triangle.

Methods

. A biographical survey was applied in 2012 to 308 women using the RDS (Respondent Driven Sampling) and snowball techniques. For information analysis birth cohorts were defined.

Results

. 83.7% of women said they felt attracted to another woman before the age of 18; 67.5% had had sex with men and women in their biographical course. Women over age 40 took longer to recognize their homosexual attraction and have high rates of heterosexual initiation (79.6%), before homosexual practices.

Conclusions

. The results indicate that sexual initiation among women are differences between cohorts, with a notable acceleration of the event among young people and a growing sexual initiation with people of the same sex. The findings confirm that the fields of homosexuality and heterosexuality overlap problematically in the construction of desire.

Keywords:
Sexual practices; female homoerotism; lesbianism; bisexuality; biographical trajectories