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Discourses of masculinity: psychosocial study with student representatives in Ecuador

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No. 19 (2023): Junio
https://doi.org/10.5354/2735-7473.2023.71214
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Abstract

This study inquired about discourses of masculinity from everyday experiences of students representative, since there is a persistence of the challenges in the University of Cuenca for the deconstruction of a hegemonic masculinity, given that 1 in 2 students has suffered sexual harassment (Universidad de Cuenca, 2022), and 83% of male students are indifferent to traditional masculinity (Orellana and Yanza, 2018). Therefore, this qualitative study, with a psychosocial and gender approach, seeked to describe discourses of masculinity and its tensions from University of Cuenca students, with a group of 14 male cisgenders. The participants showed traditional and alternative discourses. There was an hegemonic discourse with strategies naming genders and legitimizing patriarchy with a version of feminism against them. Also, there were minority discourses about strain, due to emotional restraint, violence and male stereotypes.

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Masculinities, Gender, Discourse, Hegemonic, Psychosocial

Author Biographies

Adalid Agreda, Universidad de Cuenca

Psicóloga social por la Universidad de Cuenca, Ecuador.

Valeria Flores, Universidad de Cuenca

Psicóloga social por la Universidad de Cuenca, Ecuador.

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Agreda, A. ., & Flores, V. (2023). Discourses of masculinity: psychosocial study with student representatives in Ecuador. Revista Punto Género, (19), pp. 158–185. https://doi.org/10.5354/2735-7473.2023.71214
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