SOCIEDAD PATRIARCAL Y CENSURA: El caso de la revista Chavespectáculos en Costa Rica

Abstract

Patriarcal society applies censorship to many aspects of eroticism and sexuality. In this context, Costa Rican censorship has condemned Chavespectáculos, a tabloid magazine that it labels as “pornographic”. A quantitative and qualitative analysis of all issues published until 2003 showed that the magazine (1) does not publish sexually explicit, “adults only” material, (2) does not present a patriarcal vision of sexuality and (3) focuses on show bussiness and mentions the work and personal acomplishments of the women on which it reports.