Salud Mental

Diferencias por sexo en la transfobia en la población mexicana

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Tecelli Domínguez
Ana Fresán
Rebeca Robles-García

Resumen


Introducción: La transfobia y la discriminación social provocan diversos problemas psicosociales, de salud y de salud mental en las personas transgénero a nivel mundial. México es el segundo país más peligroso del mundo para las/los transgénero ya que tiene la tasa más alta de crímenes de odio transfóbico. A pesar de la gravedad del problema, los estudios sobre transfobia en México siguen siendo escasos.

Objetivo: Considerando el actual predominio de la cultura heteropatriarcal y machista en la sociedad mexicana, este estudio tiene como objetivo explorar las diferencias entre hombres y mujeres sobre el fenómeno de la transfobia en adultos mexicanos.

Método: 501 participantes respondieron la Escala de Genderismo y Transfobia-Revisada-Versión breve (GTS-R-SF) a través de una encuesta anónima en línea.

Resultados: Los resultados mostraron que los hombres exhiben más prejuicios trans y aceptan menos a las personas no conformes con su género que las mujeres.

Discusión y conclusión: Se recomienda desarrollar e implementar estrategias dirigidas a la población en general y, en particular, a los hombres, enfocadas a reducir el estigma y los prejuicios trans, así como a mejorar la aceptación de la diversidad de género para garantizar la inclusión social y proporcionar una mayor protección a las personas transgénero de la discriminación y el rechazo social.



 
Palabras clave:
Género no conforme, transgénero, transfobia, genderismo, equidad de género, discriminación

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