Descriptive analysis, access of Oxacan women to education and its distribution in the economic sector

Abstract

It is questioned whether access to the different levels of the Oaxacan educational system, by the group of women, is associated with a series of social and cultural factors related to gender. The objective of the work is to show that women are relatively marginalized and excluded in entering basic education, but not in higher education. The present work assumes a descriptive-qualitative method that is aided by the compilation of cross-sectional socioeconomic indicators obtained from the National Institute of Statistics and Geography and the Government of Oaxaca, using theories related to gender that provide explanations that coincide with the phenomenon. It was shown that access to basic education continues to marginalize girls and adolescents, a situation associated with a macho culture and patriarchal families; This is not the case in higher education, where female enrollment exceeds male enrollment, but this does not translate into a homogeneous distribution at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels, and does not have repercussions on an improvement in employment and wages for Oaxacan women. Situation that is explained by the so-called "Glass Ceilings" and the cultural arbitrary imposed on women.