Sexismo na formação: perspectivas e vivências de acadêmicos de enfermagem

Abstract

The object of this study is the perspectives and experiences of nursing students regarding sexism in training. Its general objective is to: analyze perspectives and experiences of sexism in nursing students and its repercussions on professional practice and specific objectives: to describe the sexist perspectives and experiences of nursing students during their training; analyze the repercussions of sexism in professional practice from the perspective of nursing students; record the impressions of academics about addressing the topic of sexism during their undergraduate nursing course at a public university. The study presents as justification the contribution in teaching, research, and health care, based on the development of knowledge regarding the behavioral dynamics related to the presentations of sexism in society and health. This is a qualitative, descriptive research, through the application of a questionnaire with closed and open questions to students, enrolled in the last two periods of the nursing course at a public university in the city of Rio de Janeiro. The data analysis of the closed questions was tabulated and analyzed using the simple statistics technique and the open questions of the questionnaire were analyzed based on the thematic content analysis technique, according to Bardin. The results are in line with studies that deal with the profile of nursing professionals, with a predominance of women and an average of 25 years of age. Furthermore, the analysis of the content collected in the questionnaire generated units of meaning that point to the experience of sexist situations during the graduation process, linking women to nursing, to the influence of social gender roles in the practice of the profession and its consequences. It was also possible to describe the situations in which nursing students felt discriminated against and the impact of sexism from the perspective of future professionals. This investigation made it possible to understand the subjectivities of young people and could serve as input for the creation of educational intervention strategies, considering both their vulnerabilities to the experience of a sexist society, and the fact that they are young people in the process of training in the health area, more specifically in Nursing.