Bodily expresions of power in the erotic life of same-sex couples in Mexico City

Abstract

This article sought to expose the bodily manifestations of power in the erotism of same-sex couples in Mexico City. Six same-sex couples with more than two years of relationship cohabiting in Mexico City, men and women, were interviewed in depth. Through Van Manen's phenomoenology it was found that power manifested itself bodily as 1. embodied agency, 2. exposed intimacy in movement and 3. body-to-body regulation. All this made possible to understand power as an experience that is embodied in people's lives and is socially constructed, beyond being only an expression of hierarchy and domination.