Single mothers: sexist stigma from the cultural imaginary: case Universidad Técnica de Manabí

Abstract

Single mothers of the 21st century continue to be victims of the social and patriarchal order, the sexist stigma has involved the reassignment of roles as part of the practices of the social environment. The objective of the research is to characterize the situational status of single mothers, referring to the stigma of roles, from the Technical University of Manabí, Portoviejo, Ecuador. The research process was oriented under a positivist approach, with a quantitative, descriptive, analytical, exploratory, bibliographic and statistical methodology. Three moments are established; the situational and demographic status, examining the ages of the participating women and the correlation of the results obtained from the data processing. The contributions indicate that single mothers who are part of the study population; Incidence that the economic factor is one of the main disadvantages of carrying out the role of complete upbringing, in addition to the stigma encompassed from this culture that is reflected in the degree of inequalities on co-responsibility and purchasing assets within the patriarch system, and that women assume a total role, as part of patriarchy and male advocacy. Family support is one of the main sources of support for single mothers because it meets sustainability in order to carry out university academic activity.