Inclusión de la perspectiva de género en la psicología: Una apuesta frente a la realidad del conflicto armado en Colombia

In the essay Gender: A Useful Category for Historical Analysis, historian Joan Scott (1986) reflects on the uses of the concept of gender, questioning how historical analysis in its development lacks such a perspective. Scott defines gender as a primary form of significant power relations; distinguishing 4 elements that make it up: 1) Symbols and myths, 2) Normative concepts, 3) Social institutions and organizations of gender relations and 4) Identity. These elements are placed in the social context, hence representations around sexual difference such as femininity and masculinity nourish exchanges of meanings in the framework of social interactions, while normative institutions condition or reproduce certain symbols in relation to this difference