Creencias marianistas y su relación con la actitud hacia la sexualidad en mujeres de la Cooperativa de Vendedores Autónomos “Ferias Libres”, Cuenca, 2017

Abstract

It is a correlational investigation whose objective was to analyze the characteristics of the Marianist beliefs and their relationship with the attitude towards sexuality that the women of the Cooperativa de Vendedores Autónomos "Ferias Libres" have in Cuenca who work in the Miraflores sector market. It was a cross-sectional study in which quantitative research methods were used. Worked sample of 179 women. From the sociodemographic point of view, the sample characteristics were adult women with an average age of 47 years, with mestizo self-identification, with a low educational level, mostly married or in free union with the priority performance of the role of economic providers. of home. Of the five basic pillars of Marianismo, those that are most representative of these women are Family Pillar, Virtuosity and Chastity and Spiritual Pillar. Marianist pillars that promote subordination to others and self-silencing do not have the same expression in these women. The attitude towards sexuality showed a predominance of negative predisposition towards sexual preoccupation and they have expressions of sexual depression and low sexual self-esteem. It is striking that a considerable percentage of women present a neutral attitude towards these aspects. It is concluded that there is no statistically significant relationship between the study variables.