Forced Sterilization of Indigenous Men: An Unexplored Facet

This article aims to explore the problem of forced sterilization of indigenous people, from the perspective of political sociology and intersecting with medical anthropology, gender studies, and human rights. Its methodology firstly uses a case study of indigenous men’s sterilizations in Mexico and...

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Autor: Gaussens, Pierre
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:México
Institución:EL COLEGIO DE MÉXICO
Repositorio:Revista Interdisciplinaria de estudios de género de El Colegio de México
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:oai.estudiosdegenero.colmex.mx:article/639
Acceso en línea:https://estudiosdegenero.colmex.mx/index.php/eg/article/view/639
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:esterilización masculina
guerrilla
planificación familiar
políticas de población
derechos sexuales y reproductivos
male sterilization
family planning
sexual and reproductive rights
population policies
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Sumario:This article aims to explore the problem of forced sterilization of indigenous people, from the perspective of political sociology and intersecting with medical anthropology, gender studies, and human rights. Its methodology firstly uses a case study of indigenous men’s sterilizations in Mexico and secondly an analysis of documents to construct a comparative theoretical case, based on sterilizations in Peru, with both situations occurring in the 1990s. The main finding is that forced sterilization, although in large part a population control policy particularly in the case of the indigenous population, also relates to the State's militarized counterinsurgency measures to combat the widespread guerrilla activity in Latin America during that period.