Reproducción de la identidad virtual de género en la interacción docentes-alumnado. Un estudio de caso

Abstract

This paper results from a case study of gender and education in high school classrooms, which uncovered episodes of gender discrimination from the teachers to the students by their reproduction of virtual gender identity. The theoretical aspects of the paper were developed within the research group Educación y Pedagogía: saberes, imaginarios e intersubjetividades del Doctorado en Niñez y Juventud CINDE U. de Manizales, and the gender dimension was understood as the set of norms that impose two dichotomist sexes, building women and men from a heterosexual matrix. We followed an interpretative path so as to obtain, in addition to figures, an understanding of meanings. We interviewed students and teachers of different courses in two private schools of Ñuñoa County in Santiago de Chile. The unequal treatment of the teachers towards the students was apparent. The former recognize the differences and justify them as "natural," while the latter notice the biases but tend to adopt a superficial view of the issues. We conclude that inequality exists and that the actors consciously contribute to reproduce it, revealing the prevalence of a male-chauvinistic social view.