Adolescents, poverty areas, violence, and public health: an intersectional perspective

to discuss the influence of urban poverty on the context of violence among adolescents from an intersectional perspective.

the original research, of the action research type, analyzed data from 13 workshops. The participants were adolescents from both sexes, from 15 to 17 years old, from a public school in a peripheral neighborhood of São Paulo, SP. The methodological proposition of intersectional analysis guided the interpretation of the empirical material.

the intersection of class and gender may increase the (re)production of violence in some men. The intersection of race/color, social class, and territory contributes to the construction of narratives that naturalize inequality and, thus, justify discrimination.

there is necessity of new public policies that consider the social contexts and experiences of the subjects that stem from the articulation of social markers.