Representaciones sociales sobre género de los estudiantes de Ingeniería Mecánica de la Universidad Santo Tomás Sede Villavicencio

Abstract

The objective of this research was to investigate the social representations about gender in the students of Mechanical Engineering of the Santo Tomás University and how it is related to the construction process that each individual carries out of identity, both personal and collective. Likewise, gender roles are taken into account in relation to culture, social dynamics and contextual influences, and sexual behavior that implies not only the distinction of sex at a biological level, but also the recognition of sexuality at a social and individual. In addition, to know how the social representations of gender are present in the academic and cultural field, seeking to contribute from this problem to other social and reflective dynamics within the Colombian territory