Abstract

RAMIREZ RODRIGUEZ, Juan C.  and  LOPEZ LOPEZ, Gemma C.. Hombres y mujeres jóvenes ante las creencias de género: ¿flexibilidady/o resistencia?. Culturales [online]. 2013, vol.1, n.1, pp.143-176. ISSN 2448-539X.

Certain beliefs on gender relations held by young people in different parts of the country are described and analysed in this paper. Recognising these beliefs makes it possible to identify where there is some flexibility in stereotypical gender relations, and where there is resistance to changing them. Data from the National Youth Survey of 2005 are used to compare different populations of young people: at national level, at the level of the State of Jalisco and in the Metropolitan Zone of Guadalajara (MZG). The population groups were found to be heterogeneous, with a greater flexibility of belief at national level than at the Metropolitan level, where beliefs were more stereotyped. It was also found that beliefs among women were more flexible than those held by men. One of the most significant findings was that a large proportion of young men hold beliefs that are compatible with gender relations tending towards equality. The article includes a discussion of the implications of gender beliefs for power relations.

Keywords : gender; beliefs; masculinity; men.

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