Actitudes frente al acoso sexual callejero en mujeres estudiantes de la carrera de enfermería de una Universidad de Guayaquil.

Abstract

Street sexual harassment includes harmful comments, whistles, and other behavior in public places, usually directed at people the harasser does not know. Objective: To determine the attitudes towards street sexual harassment in female nursing students at a University of Guayaquil. Methodology: Descriptive, quantitative, prospective of cross-sectional design. Population: 850 students. Sample: 265 students. Technique: Survey. Instrument: Street Sexual Harassment Scale. Results: The age range with the highest prevalence is established in the group between 21 and 25 years old, 47.5%; single marital status 65.28%; economic level 83% middle social stratum, of urban residence 89.43%. The psychological perception is presented to anger 71.7%; fear 55.5%; irritability 46.8%; vulnerability 44.9%; panic 38.1%; and anxiety 35.1%; Regarding social perception, 73.2% stated that they felt impotence; cornering 51.7%; follow-up / persecution 42.3%; humiliation 37.7%; shame 36.6% and discrimination 42.3%. The street harassment scale was able to establish that the component with the highest score was the expressive component with an intense level, while the other components such as exhibitionism, persecution, physical and verbal were expressed with a low level. Conclusion: Street sexual harassment of women is a social problem that affects everyone, and that leads to negative physical and psychological results, given this there is a need for the country to establish new public laws to reduce its incidence.