ABSTRACT
Academic authors concerned with gender studies, as well as some psychoanalysts, have made interesting contributions to the topic of neo-sexualities. This chapter explores the notion of neo-sexualities in the current social context to designate the wide range of expressions of sexuality—the various forms of emotional connection that are not restricted to the binary system of heteronormativity. Neo-sexualities are modes of expression of subjectivity that satisfy the subject-of-desire in those aspects that are authentic and unique to each person. In the early 1960s and 1970s, the emergence of feminist movements, women's increased contribution to household income, and the appearance of the pill and the consequent dissociation between sexuality and reproduction revolutionised the model of the so-called modern family. In the context of the spread of AIDS and the consequent deepening of gender relations studies, these movements advocated for the deconstruction of traditional cultural values, which determined what was conventionally considered natural or typical for men and women.
