https://revistapuntogenero.uchile.cl/index.php/RPG <p>Revista Punto Género, an <a href="http://www.uchile.cl/">Universidad de Chile</a>’s&nbsp;<a href="http://www.facso.uchile.cl/sociologia">Sociology Department</a>&nbsp;magazine, is a semestrial (half-yearly) publication which facilitates a space of dialogue and the exchange of ideas for investigations and reflections which are generated by social scientists regarding gender problematics in the diverse areas of society. 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This may result in productive exchange of ideas and in a better and faster diffusion of the published work.</li> </ul> puntogenero@facso.cl (Silvia Lamadrid) ccalabrano@uchile.cl (Dirección de Servicios de Información y Bibliotecas (SISIB)) Sat, 27 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 OJS 3.3.0.8 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 https://revistapuntogenero.uchile.cl/index.php/RPG/article/view/82619 The incorporation of women into the productive structure has facilitated a transition toward domestic arrangements within the household, contributing to the diversification of family forms. However, this is a topic that has only recently begun to be studied in Latin America. In this context, the objective of this research is to identify the factors that influence the negotiation of domestic arrangements within lesbian couples in the Gran Valparaíso area. To this end, a qualitative, exploratory, non-experimental, and cross-sectional methodology was employed. Specifically, eight in-depth photo-elicited interviews were conducted. The findings regarding domestic labor indicate flexible negotiations and greater equity, while in caregiving work, a sedimentation of heterosexual gender roles is observed. The study concludes that the factors influencing domestic arrangements include occupational structure, available time, individual preferences, and traditional gender roles. Francisca Victoria González Valenzuela Copyright (c) 2026 Revista Punto Género https://revistapuntogenero.uchile.cl/index.php/RPG/article/view/82619 Sat, 27 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://revistapuntogenero.uchile.cl/index.php/RPG/article/view/82628 Despite Chile’s development of various legal frameworks over the past 20 years to address violence against women, the primary focus had been on the criminal sphere, overlooking the structural and cultural factors that enable and perpetuate such violence. This article examines Chile’s new Law 21.675 on Violence Against Women Based on Gender, from a feminist perspective. It analyzes the emerging paradigms introduced by this legislation, highlighting aspects such as the recognition of multiple discriminations, women's autonomy, and the cultural impact of the law. Finally, it assesses the law’s progress and limitations, concluding that while it represents a significant advancement with medium- and long-term effects, challenges remain in its implementation and transformative capacity, particularly for marginalized subjects whom this new law continues to render invisible. Danitza Pérez Cáceres Copyright (c) 2026 Revista Punto Género https://revistapuntogenero.uchile.cl/index.php/RPG/article/view/82628 Sat, 27 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://revistapuntogenero.uchile.cl/index.php/RPG/article/view/82622 The study examines how gender stereotypes are manifested among basic-school students in metropolitan, urban, and semi-urban contexts. Through narrative and association-based exercises, patterns were identified that reveal a coexistence between progress toward gender equity and the persistence of traditional norms. Although boys and girls assign similar tasks and actions to both genders in public settings, traditional representations remain in the emotional realm (women as sensitive) and the physical realm (men as strong). Within the family sphere, caregiving roles continue to be associated with women, while men are viewed as providers. In the professional domain, gender-based divisions persist: women are linked to caregiving professions, while men are associated with leadership and technology-related roles. Despite emerging signs of change in the perception of appearance and certain attributes, gender stereotypes remain deeply rooted. Promoting more inclusive environments is essential to transforming these social imaginaries. Mayra Margarito Gaspar Copyright (c) 2026 Revista Punto Género https://revistapuntogenero.uchile.cl/index.php/RPG/article/view/82622 Sat, 27 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://revistapuntogenero.uchile.cl/index.php/RPG/article/view/82620 In Mexico, due to its importance for scientific development, international training is a determining factor in academic hierarchies. Thus, foreign degrees can mitigate some inequalities that affect the careers of women scientists. In this paper, we analyze how the contributions of female researchers to the recent institutionalization of social sciences in northeastern Mexico are influenced by where they were trained and by their gender. Results from a survey of female and male researchers and in-depth interviews with female holding foreign postgraduate diplomas confirm a positive effect of international training, which is more pronounced for women. We also find that within the institutions where they are affiliated, this effect is weaker for female researchers. In contrast, extra-institutional collaboration and recognition through national scientific policy are especially favorable for women to take advantage of the technical and symbolic benefits of their international training. Juan Sordo, Carlos Antonio Osuna Salazar Copyright (c) 2026 Revista Punto Género https://revistapuntogenero.uchile.cl/index.php/RPG/article/view/82620 Sat, 27 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://revistapuntogenero.uchile.cl/index.php/RPG/article/view/82618 This article consists of a diagnosis of the spatial-affective perceptions of mobility in the University City (CU) of the Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, in Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico, by members of the university itself, to assess indicators of well-being and safety. It presents feminist elaborations of the concepts of security and well-being in the face of, on the one hand, the interior-exterior dialectic that is present in the control systems that are imposed in public spaces, and on the other, in the face of securitisation measures that do not consider subjective aspects linked to the well-being and security needs of the people, mainly students, who move around these spaces on a daily basis. It analyses findings obtained from a feminist walk, a methodological strategy that was implemented within the research project ‘Disarticulating youth and gender violence in Mexican Higher Education Institutions’, from which this article is derived Flor de María Gamboa Solís, Laura Yaneli Albarrán Díaz Copyright (c) 2026 Revista Punto Género https://revistapuntogenero.uchile.cl/index.php/RPG/article/view/82618 Sat, 27 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://revistapuntogenero.uchile.cl/index.php/RPG/article/view/82624 This article examines, from a historical and intersectional gender perspective, the case of Yolanda Eissmann Sanderson, the first director of Chile’s Special School of Phoniatrics, whose 1947 appointment revealed institutional resistance related to gender, profession, and medical authority. Based on historical sources and contemporary theoretical frameworks, the article explores tensions between female leadership, performativity, pedagogical knowledge, and feminized professions. It offers a critical reading of the history of speech-language pathology, placing Eissmann’s legacy within current debates on gender justice in health, education, and knowledge production. Sara Tapia-Saavedra, Rayen Rivera-López Copyright (c) 2026 Revista Punto Género https://revistapuntogenero.uchile.cl/index.php/RPG/article/view/82624 Sat, 27 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://revistapuntogenero.uchile.cl/index.php/RPG/article/view/82637 Ana Cecilia Gaitán, Rosa Carneiro, Renata Albuquerque Copyright (c) 2026 Revista Punto Género https://revistapuntogenero.uchile.cl/index.php/RPG/article/view/82637 Sat, 27 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://revistapuntogenero.uchile.cl/index.php/RPG/article/view/82627 Alexandra Novoa Romero Copyright (c) 2026 Revista Punto Género https://revistapuntogenero.uchile.cl/index.php/RPG/article/view/82627 Sat, 27 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://revistapuntogenero.uchile.cl/index.php/RPG/article/view/82621 Partial results are presented from a exploratory-descriptive study aimed at characterizing the sociodemographic and criminological variables of women convicted in Chile for sexual offenses. Specifically, this article describes the cases of women serving sentences on intensive probation as of March 31, 2023. The results show that, of the total of 29 cases, the majority are Chilean, report heterosexual relationships, are single mothers, have completed secondary education, and are employed in informal and unskilled jobs. The predominant women are those with a sentence of more than four years for sexual abuse offenses, who committed the offense alone, and whose victim was a family member. Gender constructions, mandates, and biases that impact the administration of justice, as well as criminal sanctioning processes and criminological evaluation, are made visible. Katherine Alvear Parra Copyright (c) 2026 Revista Punto Género https://revistapuntogenero.uchile.cl/index.php/RPG/article/view/82621 Sat, 27 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://revistapuntogenero.uchile.cl/index.php/RPG/article/view/82626 The concept of gender is one of the most controversial in the social sciences. While scientists from various fields debate whether gender behaviors are innate or learned, conservative and progressive groups debate whether it is a useful concept for designing public policy. This creates a landscape of uncertainty. Through a critical reading of studies conducted in psychology, anthropology, gender studies, and neuroscience, this article analyzes the scientific debates regarding the concept of gender and proposes to develop a new science of gender that encompasses contributions from the social, biological, and evolutionary sciences. Finally, the article highlights the need to integrate the contributions of various disciplines in the study of a complex phenomenon such as gender. Sergio Morales Inga Copyright (c) 2026 Revista Punto Género https://revistapuntogenero.uchile.cl/index.php/RPG/article/view/82626 Sat, 27 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://revistapuntogenero.uchile.cl/index.php/RPG/article/view/82611 This article aims to identify a common thread in the collective action carried out by groups of women in Argentina across three historical moments: the 1980s with the Mothers and Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo; the late 1990s and early 2000s with the piquetera women; and from the 2010s onward with the Mamá Cultiva Argentina collective. The guiding hypothesis is that, in times of crisis, these women activate a maternalist identity—whether consciously or not—that, far from being confined to the private sphere, emerges as a trench of political struggle. Recognizing these experiences allows for a more nuanced understanding of the relationship between motherhood, care, collective action, and feminisms, raising questions about how these groups disrupt the public sphere, challenge the boundaries of gender norms, and build new forms of citizenship and resistance. Lucía Pilar Cosciuc Copyright (c) 2026 Revista Punto Género https://revistapuntogenero.uchile.cl/index.php/RPG/article/view/82611 Sat, 27 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://revistapuntogenero.uchile.cl/index.php/RPG/article/view/82613 This qualitative study examines the experiences of motherhood and caregiving among women working in artisanal fishing coves along the central coast of Chile. Based on 11 interviews, it analyzes the strategies these mothers deploy to reconcile traditional gender norms with paid work in masculinized spaces. The findings reveal hybrid care regimes —familialist, community-based/solidary, and self-subordinated— that emerge in response to precarious conditions and the systemic crisis of care, along with tensions between the transmission of fishing knowledge and the aspiration for social mobility for their children. The double burden, coastal territoriality, and gender-based violence shape life trajectories and situated motherhoods that simultaneously reproduce and challenge gender norms and social inequalities. The article concludes with a call for co-responsibility policies that acknowledge the undervalued productive and reproductive labor of these mothers working in small-scale fisheries, questioning the normalization of self-sacrifice as the only path to sustaining life. Rosario Undurraga; Camilo Basualto Copyright (c) 2026 Revista Punto Género https://revistapuntogenero.uchile.cl/index.php/RPG/article/view/82613 Sat, 27 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://revistapuntogenero.uchile.cl/index.php/RPG/article/view/82603 This article analyzes the motherhood experience of a young woman who attended secondary school while pregnant and raising her child in an educational institution in Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires. Drawing from a photographic series created by the participant herself, the study explores visual representations of her motherhood. The images were initially shared in 2021, during the COVID-19 lockdown, and jointly revisited in 2023, when the participant was 20 years old and expecting her second child. Utilizing tools from visual anthropology, the research examines how the photographic sequence functions as a performative act that makes her maternal experience visible. Analyzing the photographs revealed how, in specific contexts where these experiences of youth motherhood in marginalized communities occur, invoking values associated with "good motherhood" can serve as an agency strategy to address their "practical interests" and, at times, to constitute themselves as political subjects. Guadalupe Fernández Chein Copyright (c) 2026 Revista Punto Género https://revistapuntogenero.uchile.cl/index.php/RPG/article/view/82603 Sat, 27 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://revistapuntogenero.uchile.cl/index.php/RPG/article/view/82612 This article proposes to understand motherhood as an experience that encompasses a range of perceptions, ideas, practices, and lived realities that accumulate around it. Recognizing that motherhood involves the repetition of numerous tasks that constitute unpaid care work, the analysis focuses on the strategies developed to sustain these responsibilities. Specifically, the article examines the tools and forms of support that young mothers build in their everyday lives, with particular attention to how, in certain social contexts, motherhood takes on a shared character through the formation of close-knit networks and support systems. Motherhood is thus presented as a relational practice, based on the findings of a qualitative doctoral research. Among the key insights are the conceptualization of motherhood as a collective practice and the identification of a form of intergenerational pedagogy. The article aims to contribute to the discussion on motherhood in contexts of vulnerability, as well as to debates surrounding the transition to adulthood. Nina Scopinaro Copyright (c) 2026 Revista Punto Género https://revistapuntogenero.uchile.cl/index.php/RPG/article/view/82612 Sat, 27 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://revistapuntogenero.uchile.cl/index.php/RPG/article/view/82610 This article analyzes the care configurations that unfold across the lives of two women who entered domestic service at an early age. Through their life histories, we trace personal and labour trajectories shaped by bonds of intimacy and domination that continue into old age, when both became recipients of care. These relations are also connected to the State, particularly through mechanisms of labour protection such as pensions. The life and work experiences of Cecilia and Marina highlight how caregiving intersects with inequality and how reciprocity and kinship bonds are built and sustained over time. Ángela Catalina Joya Rodríguez Copyright (c) 2026 Revista Punto Género https://revistapuntogenero.uchile.cl/index.php/RPG/article/view/82610 Sat, 27 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://revistapuntogenero.uchile.cl/index.php/RPG/article/view/82607 Using an intersectional approach, this article explores the care regime in Ecuador and sheds light on the multiple forms of precarity experienced by racialized motherhoods. The analysis reveals how gender and race interact within a web of structural inequalities, shaped by labor informality, state weakness, and the persistence of colonial logics in care policies Jennifer Chávez Barriga Copyright (c) 2026 Revista Punto Género https://revistapuntogenero.uchile.cl/index.php/RPG/article/view/82607 Sat, 27 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://revistapuntogenero.uchile.cl/index.php/RPG/article/view/82606 This paper analyzes the social organization of care in Peru from a feminist perspective, highlighting the absence of an articulated National Care System. Based on a documentary review and 19 interviews with women organized in community kitchens, “vaso de leche” programs, and PRONOEIs in Lima—as well as with legal, health, and education promoters—it shows how the State has implemented fragmented and targeted social programs that reproduce the sexual division of labor and shift caregiving responsibilities onto women. In response, women in the territories de facto articulate these programs, weaving community networks that sustain life without sufficient recognition or support. This not only reveals the limitations of the State’s targeted and assistentialist approach but also brings to the fore the urgent need for a comprehensive and universal care system. Jazmin Goicochea Medina Copyright (c) 2026 Revista Punto Género https://revistapuntogenero.uchile.cl/index.php/RPG/article/view/82606 Sat, 27 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000