Estereotipos de género en el cuidado de la salud sexual en jóvenes

Abstract

At present, gender stereotypes have existed all the time in humanity, and have acquired meanings that are transmitted through the years by individuals. It is observed that there is an inequality of the genders in the social, economic and political institutions. The purpose of this paper is to describe the gender stereotypes and their relationship with the sexual health of young people. A narrative review of written literature was made in a time window from 2010 to 2019. The information that will be used for the development of this research will be obtained through the search of databases such as ScienceDirect, Dialnet, Redalyc as well as books , magazines and research conducted on the subject. It is concluded that gender stereotypes are a series of beliefs that are shaped by the sociocultural patterns reflected in the inconvenient handling of sexual behavior in young people. It is evident that men in the youth stage seek to form several relationships with different women, to obtain an acceptance before their social group, which makes the relationships of young people more vulnerable to sexually transmitted diseases and pregnancies. desired.