Browsing by Author "Reyes Barros, Paola Fernanda"

Now showing 1 - 1 of 1

Percepción de los estudiantes de la carrera de género y desarrollo de la Universidad de Cuenca sobre la intersexualidad, período 2022-2023
(Universidad de Cuenca, 2023-10-17) Orellana Orellana, Kevin Alfredo; Reyes Barros, Paola Fernanda; Freire Valdiviezo, Paulo Andrés
Intersexuality corresponds to the combination of sexual characteristics that commonly distinguish men and women, this combination is presented as atypical within sexuality. The term is used for a variety of bodily situations in which a person is born with sexual characteristics, genitalia, gonads, hormone levels, and chromosome patterns that do not seem to fit the typical definitions of male-female. Therefore, the present work has as a general objective to describe the perceptions of the students of the Gender and Development career of the University of Cuenca on intersex. The research was carried out under a qualitative approach study with a phenomenological design. Eight semi-structured interviews were applied to the students of the Gender and Development career at the University of Cuenca and after that, a thematic analysis was carried out. Based on the data obtained, the results suggest that intersex is mainly associated with a condition that deviates from the heteronormative gender binary (male-female) norm. This perception indicates that intersex people are in a vulnerable situation where discrimination is a determining factor for rejection by society, including religious influences and socially accepted beliefs that can negatively affect the quality of life of intersex people.