Las mujeres profesionales frente al espejo de la maternidad. Caso : percepciones de las mujeres profesionales en una universidad de la ciudad de Guayaquil.

Abstract

The research study called "Professional women in front of the mirror of motherhood" Case: Perceptions of professional women in a University in the city of Guayaquil, seeks to understand the perceptions and meanings that women give to motherhood, from the relationship with themselves. The purpose of this research was to identify femininity / motherhood stereotypes; unveil the new expressions and meanings of motherhood and understand the incidence of perceptions regarding motherhood in the life project of professional women. For this, it was necessary to use a qualitative approach, having as participants, professional women belonging to the administration of a University in the city of Guayaquil. The applied method is the hermeneutic, that contains the following techniques: deep interview and interactive "silhouette" technique. The present study allowed to reveal the new identity expressions of professional women in the XXI century in the face of one of the traditional cultural stereotypes such as motherhood that influences the life project of women.