ABSTRACT
In recent decades in Brazil, there has been a marked medicalization and pharmacologization of sexuality centered around the development of new technologies, diagnostic categories, and intervention methods, including the creation of public policies. This phenomenon is related to the emergence of a scenario characterized by certain key elements, namely medications, medical societies, the pharmaceutical industry, the media, consumers, and events that range from the prescription of medications in the doctor’s office to the running of campaigns and formulation of policies in the Brazilian public health system.
