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NUNEZ NORIEGA, Guillermo  e  AYALA VALENZUELA, Deisy Judith. Embarazo adolescente en el noroeste de México: entre la tradición y la modernidad. Culturales [online]. 2012, vol.8, n.15, pp.7-46. ISSN 2448-539X.

We present the results of a research aimed to understand the conceptions, values, and attitudes about teen pregnancy, as well as discriminatory practices against pregnant teen-agers, and their impact on their self-esteem and life. Mexico. We conclude that discriminatory practices in this rural community are the results of a set of contradictory traditional and modern conceptions, values, attitudes and expectations the community has on teen-agers women, on their sexuality, their generation and their gender identity. Finally, we think that this research illuminate the socio-cultural transformation of rural Northern Mexico nowadays.

Palavras-chave : gender; adolescense pregnancy; discrimination; rural communities; mexican northern.