“Habitus académico” y hostigamiento sexual. Una aproximación a las prácticas de estudiantes universitarias quiteñas durante el año 2021

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to reflect the problem of sexual harassment in the academic environment and the evasive or exchange practices that the students carry out around the experienced sexual harassment. The main concepts that are encountered are sexual harassment, exercise of power, habitus and social support, from these concepts we will build the research, which will help us to find the main practices of students in the face of sexual harassment in the university. The methodology of this invitation has an epistemological approach to this research is of socio-constructionism. In addition, it has a qualitative approach and the instrument used in this research is the discussion group. The main findings of this research are four. The first are changes in daily practices in students who suffer from sexual harassment (HS), these changes occur in the university environment, they can be physical or academic. The second is the practices with which they evade the HS. The third is the installation of repetitive practices in this we find the practices of the aggressor, practice of false control of the student and practice of pairs for their benefit obtained through the HS. Finally, we find the coping practices, in which we find practices of support to the aggressor and practices of support to the victim.