Patriarchal education, discrimination, and gender violence against women in Ecuador

Abstract

This paper analyzes how patriarchal education contributes to gender-based violence against women. This violence is comprised of various forms of violence that arise from and are strengthened by sexist cultural patterns rooted in education, family, and society. In this regard, it studies how a sexist educational structure influences gender-based violence by fostering differences between men and women from an early age. It makes it necessary to reform curricula from the earliest stages of education. It also requires the implementation of new teaching methodologies and pedagogies that integrate knowledge with curricular adaptations for equality and inclusion that allow for comprehensive and integrative teaching, providing fair treatment and guaranteeing the free development of personality. In this regard, it also studies how the traditional educational system contributes to gender-based violence against women, emphasizing patriarchal education as a mechanism that generates and shapes behavior through informal social control that is strengthened in the family and society.