Abstract

CASTILLO SANCHEZ, Mario  and  GAMBOA ARAYA, Ronny. Linking education and gender. Rev. Actual. Investig. Educ [online]. 2013, vol.13, n.1, pp.391-407. ISSN 1409-4703.

This paper pretends to address the relation between the role of education and the role of gender by addressing topics such as sexist-content of education, forms of discrimination, and gender mainstreaming in education. In today’s education we have normalized inequality in such a way that both, men and women, adopt these roles consciously or unconsciously. Therefore, it is undeniable the role that education has in reproducing patterns of inequality and hierarchy between men and women. Although it has been legislated in favor of gender equity, in the use of inclusive language, in the participation quotas in political aspects, representing different institutions, the creation of bodies responsible for ensuring equal treatment between men and women still insufficient because gender equality requires a process of acculturation to change socially learned concepts and practices. For this reason, we need a oriented change toward gender equality in educational practice that allows educational development without discrimination and including all people involved.

Keywords : Education; Gender Equitu; Inequality; Sexism.

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