Causas y efectos de la discriminación y la violencia de género en el ámbito universitario

Article

Authorship

VAZQUEZ LABA, VANESA PAULA ; PALUMBO, MARIANA

Date

2019

Publishing House and Editing Place

Descentrada

Magazine

Descentrada, vol. 3 (pp. 1-11) - ISSN 2545-7284
Descentrada

ISSN

2545-7284

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Symbolic violence is a common type of violence because it is naturalized by various members of the university community. ?e majority of symbolic violence is inflicted by male students against female students. However, male professors and members of the non-academic staff also engage in symbolic violence and social media harassment acts involving abuse of power. ?e purpose of this article is to describe and analyze the causes and effects of symbolic gender violence experienced by male and female... Symbolic violence is a common type of violence because it is naturalized by various members of the university community. ?e majority of symbolic violence is inflicted by male students against female students. However, male professors and members of the non-academic staff also engage in symbolic violence and social media harassment acts involving abuse of power. ?e purpose of this article is to describe and analyze the causes and effects of symbolic gender violence experienced by male and female students at Universidad Nacional de San Martín, Argentina. ?e methodology used combines quantitative and qualitative approaches. ? e sources we utilized are, on one hand, the results of a survey developed and applied by the University of San Martin (UNSAM) to their students from different academic units; and, by the other hand, information regarding to denunciations and queries received by the Counseling for Gender and Sexuality Violence about facts of discrimination and gender violence suffered by students within the university context.