Attitudes towards machismo in Mining Engineering students from a public university in Peru

• Autores: Pariansullca Rodriguez, Yadida, Munguia Huatuco, Rossy Thalia, Condori Apaza, Marisol
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2022
• Institución: Universidad de Huánuco
• Repositorio: Revistas - Universidad de Huánuco
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:ojs2.localhost:article/191
• Enlace del recurso: http://revistas.udh.edu.pe/index.php/udh/article/view/365e
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: actitud; macho; dominio cultural; rol sexual; sexualidad; estudiante; Attitude; sexism; male dominance; male superiority; differentiated social role; atitude; domínio cultural; papel sexual; sexualidade; estudante

The research aims to analyze the attitude towards machismo in students of the Mining Engineering Faculty of the National University of the Center of Peru (UNCP). The scientific and deductive method was considered; The study is of a basic type, descriptive level, quantitative approach and non-experimental-cross-sectional design. The sample consisted of 254 students who, with their informed consent, were applied the Scale of Attitudes towards machismo. The data were processed with the statistical program R Studio v.1.2.55001. The results show that there is an attitude of acceptance towards machismo in its various dimensions: male dominance, male superiority, male leadership and leadership of the home, socialization of the differentiated social role, and control of sexuality exercised by the male; which are characterized by a position of inferiority and subordination of women compared to men, family structures where the man is the head of the family and economic provider and the woman plays the domestic role and is considered as an instrument of procreation. Through the analysis carried out, it is concluded that the Mining Engineering students of the UNCP have an attitude of acceptance towards machismo.