Gender studies have set the guidelines for describing violence against women from traditional roles of hegemonic masculinity, with social representations of the masculine being the predecessor axis of the construction of the man in the face of this type of violence. This qualitative study aims to describe, from the social representations of the guidelines for masculinity, the conceptualization of violence against women in university men in Mexico City, through the biographical-narrative method. Narratives organized into two categories were collected, the experience of masculinity in adolescence and today, with four subcategories each. Patterns of family upbringing and university education were found that influenced the construction of masculinity in the face of the perception of violence towards women. The study provides new discourses of being a man based on contemporary practices of masculinities.
Keywords:
masculinities, social representations, violence against women, gender violence, university men
Author Biographies
Alba Luz Robles Mendoza, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Doctora en Ciencias Penales y Política Criminal, Maestra en Modificación de Conducta, Psicóloga. Académica de la Facultad de Estudios Superiores Iztacala de la UNAM. México
Nancy Andrea Forero Castillo, Fundación Universitaria Los Libertadores
Doctorante en Ciencias de la Educación, Maestra en Literatura, Abogada. Académica de la Fundación Universitaria Los Libertadores. Bogotá, Colombia
Raúl González Romero, Fundación Universitaria Los Libertadores
Doctorante en Ciencias de la Educación, Maestro en Educación, Abogado. Académico de la Fundación Universitaria Los Libertadores. Bogotá, Colombia
Saúl Jasso Valenzuela, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Licenciado en Psicología. Facultad de Estudios Superiores Iztacala de la UNAM. México
Robles Mendoza, A. L., Forero Castillo, N. A., González Romero, R., & Jasso Valenzuela, S. (2024). Social representations of masculinity on violence against women in university students. Revista Punto Género, (21), pp. 31–66. https://doi.org/10.5354/2735-7473.2024.75172