Resonances on the decision to use the contraceptive pill: a qualitative clinical study

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.59539/2175-2834-v27nespecial2-1137

Keywords:

contraceptive pill; reasons; meanings; psychoanalysis; feminine.

Abstract

The contraceptive pill was the creation of a period of demands from women regarding the care of their lives, mainly regarding fertility. So, how did women signify the choice for the pill today? The objective of this study is to understand the reasons and meanings attributed by women from the north of Paraná to the choice of using the pill. Through the qualitative clinical method, nine women users of the pill were interviewed. It was observed that the reasons attributed by them are: control of menstrual flow, reduction of emotional symptoms linked to PMS, reduction of acne, postponement of motherhood, etc. In addition to meanings such as: self-indulgence, control over life cycles, autonomy over your decisions. It is concluded that such meanings and reasons given by these women direct them to a phallic ordering of the body, as well as a postponement of motherhood in order to experience other forms of creation about the feminine.

Author Biographies

Nathália Tavares Bellato Spagiari, Universidade do Estado de São Paulo (UNESP)

Doutoranda no Programa de Pós-Graduação em Psicologia pela Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mesquita Filho” (UNESP).

Sílvia Nogueira Cordeiro, Universidade Estadual de Londrina (UEL)

Professora Associada do Departamento de Psicologia e Psicanálise e do Programa de Pós Graduação em Psicologia da Universidade Estadual de Londrina (UEL).

Gustavo Henrique Dionísio, Universidade do Estado de São Paulo (UNESP)

Professor associado (livre-docente) do departamento de Psicologia Clínica da FCL Unesp Assis, nos cursos de Graduação e de Pós-Graduação. Mestre e doutor em Psicologia Social da Arte pelo IP-USP, com estágios na Pitié-Salpetriêre e na École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales. Autor de “Pede-se abrir os olhos: psicanálise e reflexão estética hoje” (Annablume/Fapesp), “O antídoto do mal. Crítica de arte e loucura na modernidade brasileira”, e “Desejo e nada: anorexia e melancolia como figuras crítico-clínicas da atualidade” (Autêntica).

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Published

2025-10-24 — Updated on 2025-10-24

How to Cite

Spagiari, N. T. B., Cordeiro, S. N., & Dionísio, G. H. (2025). Resonances on the decision to use the contraceptive pill: a qualitative clinical study. Human Nature - International Philosophy and Psychology Review, 27(especial2), 41–61. https://doi.org/10.59539/2175-2834-v27nespecial2-1137

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Vol. 27 No. especial2 (2025): Natureza Humana

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