Cultura de género y subjetividad en del embarazo adolescente en un contexto de marginación y ruralidad

Abstract

This paper shows the qualitative outcomes of a mixed-methodology study about the social conditions associated to adolescent pregnancy. The objective in this stage was to identify the subjective conditions experienced by pregnant adolescents in a highly marginalized rural town in the Mexican state of Puebla, during the four quarter of 2014. It was designed a semi-structured interview guide that explored interviewee´s life expectations, social and familiar environment, sexual-affective experiences, social, inter and intra personal reactions to the pregnancy, as well as other significant events that took part of their life project. The analysis highlights the main interviews fragments and their interpretation, trough a set of conceptual referents that contribute to the explanation of this phenomenon. The maternity is still a central element in the interviewee´s life; however, it was more important for them the desire of self-improvement by enrolling in education and by improving their family living trough employment. The dominant gender culture influenced their role familiar models learning as well as gender relations that contributed to the modification of their personal project. At the same time, the motherhood as a fundamental element of the feminine role was imposed both in prioritizing their goals, and in their possibilities to take back the social valuation diminished by the exercise of sexuality outside the marriage.