Resumen

AGUIRRE MUMULMEA, Sara Alicia. Gender, literature and adolescents in pandemic times. La ventana [online]. 2022, vol.6, n.56, pp.168-202.  Epub 22-Ago-2022. ISSN 1405-9436.

We propose in this document an interpretation of reality based on gender theory and cultural analysis to understand current relationships between adolescents and gender stereotypes in Querétaro, México. We offer details of applied qualitative research carried out virtually because of the health crisis of COVID-19 in October 2020, with a population from the High School with the Participatory Action Research method. We identified the presence of a mirage of equality (Valcárcel, 2011) as a central problem. We analyze from a qualitative perspective how this mirage is linked to the stereotypes to plan a social interventional project-oriented to questioning them.

For girls, we identified the validity of beauty mandates in women, stigmatization of female sexuality, and their worry about the current scene of gender-based violence in Mexico. Males, in general, complied with a traditional stereotype of masculinity, physical and emotional strength. Therefore, we offer detailed analysis of the information retrieved in the diagnosis, the design of the literature and gender workshop, and the results we obtained from its application. From these results, we highlight the adolescent’s population demands to create more dialogue spaces about gender, their opinions about how to improve the workshop for future implementations, and the sensitivity about gender and society that they developed (criticisms of adultcentrism). Finally, we emphasize the value of working with literature as a tool that contributes to the sensibility of these subjects. Therefore, we share a strategy to contribute to the construction of a fairer and more inclusive society through education.

Palabras llave : gender studies; high school education; literature; teenagers; education in COVID-19.