La formation des intentions professionnelles des adolescent.e.s se reconnaissant dans une orientation sexuelle minoritaire

Abstract

This article takes as its starting point the question of how professional choices are framed in a particular context among self-identified adolescent homosexuals and bisexuals, notably because adolescence exposes them to particularly strong identity tensions, possible homophobic abuse in school environments, or the possible lack of understanding of their peers when confronted with the choice of potentially atypical professions for a particular gender. From this starting point, the article proposes to compare and contrast the principal studies looking at the construction of minority sexual identity with work studying the development of career planning by adolescents and young adults who identify as homosexual or bisexual. Basing itself on a synthesis of these two bodies of work, the article more broadly questions the construction of adolescents' career-path choices - notably those of Super (1990) and Marcia (1966) - about the role, in these choices, of a sexual orientation that is, itself, still being built.