Estereotipos de género, sexismo y violencia en las relaciones de pareja de los y las estudiantes de la Universidad de Cuenca: los casos de las facultades de Jurisprudencia y Filosofía, 2018-2019

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to identify the level of internalization of gender stereotypes, sexism and violence in the students` relationships from the Jurisprudence and Philosophy Faculties of the University of Cuenca. A quantitative, descriptive-correlational research was conducted with a sample of 649 students. To obtain the information, it was applied the Questionnaire on internalization of gender stereotypes prepared by Colás and Villaciervos (2010), the ASI Ambivalent Sexism Inventory (Cárdenas et al., 2010) and the Modified Version of the Tactics Scale for Conflicts (Muñoz-Rivas et al., 2007). As a result, men and women obtained a higher level of internalization of gender stereotypes in the dimensions of social behavior (53.2%) and affective expression (44.5%). With respect to the level of benevolent sexism, a general percentage of 31.8% and 39% was obtained for hostile sexism. With respect to the level of violence in relationships, it was obtained that verbal argumentation prevails over other forms of violence. It is established that there are significant differences between men and women regarding the internalization of gender stereotypes in the body, affective expression and social responsibility in which men have a higher level of gender stereotypes. On the issue of sexism, men have a higher level of benevolent and hostile sexism than women. And with respect to the violence of couple relationships, greater physical aggression is seen on men.