LOTO NEGRO

A phenomenological approach to understanding how social norms shape our perception of sexuality, romance, and human relationships. Abstract   This article proposes the Model of the Mediated Perception of One’s Own Sexuality (MMPOOS) as a phenomenologically inspired analytical framework for examining the influence of cultural and normative structures on the subjective experience of sexuality, intimacy, and interpersonal bonds. Drawing upon the phenomenological tradition and the concept of epoché , it argues that sexual experience may not present itself in an immediate or neutral manner, but rather be mediated by internalized interpretive systems that condition how individuals understand what they feel. Within this context, the concept of Allosexual Performativity is introduced, understood as the set of sociocultural mechanisms that tend to presume the universality and centrality of sexual attraction, thereby generating normative pressures that may influence the self-interpretation o...

Between identity, experience, and necessity: asexuality facing the mirror of the queer umbrella. Is asexuality just another form of dissent within the LGBT spectrum, or a territory of its own that needs no shelter? This text explores an intimate experience shaped by confusion, trial and error, to propose an uncomfortable answer: perhaps belonging is not a matter of definition, but of personal usefulness.   I   An eternal debate with no answer… or perhaps we already know it, but don’t want to admit it.   In any case, I will try to share my personal view on the matter; a view that, I must admit, had been delayed for a long time, lying in wait in my mind, waiting for the right moment to reveal itself.   First of all, I want to make it clear that, regardless of my personal position, I have nothing for or against anyone in this regard. I believe everyone is free to label themselves as they wish, as long as the decision comes from serious reflection and, above all, if thos...