Stereotypes in the understanding of gender inequalities in education, from feminist psychology

In this article we present a theoretical discussion about the value of stereotypes as psychological constructs to comprehend and tackle, in a critical and transformative fashion, gender inequalities in education. Different aspects of education are analyzed, but there is an emphasis on the analysis o...

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Published inPsicologia & Sociedade Vol. 25; no. 3; pp. 549 - 558
Main Authors MARTINEZ LABRIN, Soledad, URRUTIA, Bruno Bivort
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 01.01.2013
Subjects
Distance Education
Feminism
Knowledge
Psychological Theories
Sex
Sex Stereotypes
Sexual Inequality
Stereotypes
Values
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Summary:In this article we present a theoretical discussion about the value of stereotypes as psychological constructs to comprehend and tackle, in a critical and transformative fashion, gender inequalities in education. Different aspects of education are analyzed, but there is an emphasis on the analysis of university education and academic work. Firstly, equality in education is discussed as a goal that has been traditionally simplified as equity, and then gender stereotypes are introduced as theoretical constructions increasingly studied and considered very useful, as they would be near the very symbolic bases of gender gaps in education. Gender stereotypes affect educational structures as well as the more subjective levels of the relation between gender and knowledge. Adapted from the source document.
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ISSN:0102-7182
DOI:10.1590/S0102-71822013000300009