Imaginarios sociales de estudiantes universitarias frente a su rol femenino en la sociedad.

Abstract

Since past centuries, women were represented as weak and morally superior, but intellectually incapable of competing in the world of men, reinforcing the values associated with marriage, motherhood and family life. This in turn caused a difference in the educational environment, where girls learned useful things for their future roles as wives and mothers, directly affecting gender roles in daily life in the long term. So, this research project seeks to know and explore what are these social imaginaries that occur today, making use of an in-depth interview, structured in three dimensions: Family, Gender Mandate, Beliefs and values, divided into a total of 18 items. Thus, as future psychologists who guide the behavioral processes of the human being, it is necessary to empower the feminine role in society, since according to the exploration that was made of the imaginaries of the participants, there are still male chauvinist thoughts, reification of the sex and misogyny, thus diminishing the prejudices that exist of women as caretakers of the home, strengthening equality. Subsequently an analysis of the acquired results is made, in terms of the in-depth interview, the focus group and the non-participant observation, evidencing an evolution in the perception of the female role in the university students, having as a priority the self-realization of their professional achievements and finding that the main factor for the maintenance of beliefs and stereotypes occurs in family environments.