Abstract

SAGARO DEL CAMPO, Nelsa María  and  MORAGA RODRIGUEZ, Alina. Beliefs about sex, gender and masculinity in adolescents of different teaching level. MEDISAN [online]. 2015, vol.19, n.10, pp. 1216-1223. ISSN 1029-3019.

A descriptive and cross-sectional study of 300 students between 16-20 years, belonging to different types of teachings from Santiago de Cuba municipality was carried out, in order to compare their criteria on aspects related to sex, gender and masculinity, during the second semester of 2013, for which a questionnaire was made and a value was given by topic. There was a prevalence of no answers in males, with significant differences in the knowledge by sex; however, it didn't happen this way in the groups of the different teachings. The used instrument could be validated by means of a multiple variables technique, and it allowed to demonstrate that in the studied environment there were no important differences about the knowledge of adolescents on these topics, regarding the type and teaching level from which they came

Keywords : adolescent; teaching level; sex; gender; masculinity.

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