GENDER STEREOTYPES AND SELF CARE IN MASTECTOMIZED WOMEN

Abstract

Qualitative research, with interaccionist approach and gender perspective, whose purpose was to identify the influence of socialization in the care oí itself. The sample, fourteen women mastectomized recently, contacted in hospital and visited at homes, where a deep interview and observation of their expressive behaviors was made. The speeches were analyzed by means of the hermeneutical dialectic. The results demonstrated that the women interviewed experience the social stereotypes of the Chilean society, which is reflected in the nonappropriation of themselves in relation to their bodily, their self-esteem and in the decisión making up, becoming difficult the care of themselves. The conclusions are oriented to innóvate from our discipline, not only in actions that contribute to the early detection of the breast cáncer, but in implementing strategies of health promotion and prevention of risks for the women thus incorporating the gender thematic and giving priority to acceptance and care of their bodies since very early ages.