Adolescentes exibicionistas: A busca de um olhar

Abstract

This article discusses female juvenile offenders, taking as its starting point the habitual discourse of the institution where they were detained - Fundação de Atendimento Socioeducativo do Pará. According to staff members, it is more difficult to treat female patients. Seeking answers to this emblematic formulation, and based on psychological interviews with five juvenile offenders, we found that this difficulty was associated with the fact that such girls often exposed their genital areas during their institutional routines. This brings up certain aspects of female sexuality.