Discrimination, Abuse and Sexual Harassment in a Total Institution: The Secret Life of School Hospitals

Sexual harassment of female medical students in Mexico is analyzed considering their condition as interns in a total institution. Based on qualitative research, it is documented how school hospitals operate with totalizing tendencies in which an institutionally legitimized "culture of harassmen...

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Autor: Villanueva Lozano, Marcia
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2019
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/366
Acceso en línea:https://estudiosdegenero.colmex.mx/index.php/eg/article/view/366
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Sexual harassment
medical education
total institutions
school hospitals
acoso sexual
educación médica
instituciones totales
hospitales escuela
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Sumario:Sexual harassment of female medical students in Mexico is analyzed considering their condition as interns in a total institution. Based on qualitative research, it is documented how school hospitals operate with totalizing tendencies in which an institutionally legitimized "culture of harassment of female students" prevails. It is shown that sexual harassment is framed by a system of privileges and punishments characteristic of total institutions. To cope with abuse and harassment, female students have developed secondary adaptations. It is concluded that female medical students are captives in a total institution that legitimizes sexual harassment and abuse.