1. Subordinación de la mujer en los libros educativos de Cartagena.
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Álvarez Merlano, Nicolás and Vázquez Miraz, Pedro
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SEXISM , *WOMEN , *ACADEMIC language , *SEX discrimination against women , *MASCULINITY , *FEMININITY , *FICTIONAL characters , *TEXTBOOKS , *INTERNATIONAL schools , *PRIVATE schools - Abstract
Introduction. Sexism is a cognitive and behavioral pattern in which the male figure attributes to the female characters that reflect vulnerability and helplessness around all dimensions of development. Although this is a topic on international agendas, few are the academic studies aimed at investigating its presence in school pedagogical materials. Objective. The objective of this work is to analyze the academic books of language and social sciences linked to the academic proposal that offer a sample of public and private educational institutions belonging to the Colombian Caribbean sector (Cartagena de Indias) under the purpose of identifying possible sexist elements such as, for example, the predominance of male roles over female ones. Materials and method. Eight elementary and lower secondary school textbooks from the 2020-2021 period were selected from official and private educational institutions. An analysis of illustrations was carried out using an image reception matrix and a quantitative analysis using gender indicators. Results. The results indicate a survival of sexist standards in seven of the eight books analyzed, highlighting the imbalance in the number of female illustrations, and indicators of presence and relevance in relation to the male gender. Conclusions. The findings obtained invite the educational community to review in greater detail the illustrations that they attach to the curricular content offered in their schoolbooks, given that the disproportion observed promotes the sexist imaginary and the notion of helplessness in the female student community. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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