Literature review of national behavioral analytical production on gender and sexuality

Abstract

Behavior Analysis has been pointed out as distant from the discussions on human diversity in its multiple social categories (e.g., race, class, gender, sexuality). The objective of this literature review was to investigate the brazilian behavioral-analytical production on gender and sexuality in specific journals of the area and in the collections of the Associação Brasileira de Ciências do Behavior (ABPMC). PRISMA guidelines were used to locate and select articles for review. The search resulted in 26 productions organized in two categories “Sex and sexual health” (n=5) and “Gender and Sexuality” (n=21) that include theoretical and experimental research, literature reviews, and case studies. It was identified a growing insertion of research in the behavior analysis about gender and sexuality. The productions aims identification, description, and investigation on variables which categories gender and sexuality are functions. The productions found indicated the need to expand investigations on themes like gender and sexuality, establishing human diversity as an important variable for behavioral sciences.