El machismo en la conducta sexual y reproductiva de los adolescentes varones escolarizados de la parroquia de Nulti-Azuay 2015

Abstract

Background: Machismo or sexist attitudes in adolescence can be precursors of behavior of superiority or violence against women in adult life, so its identification becomes important in the adolescence. Objective: To determine factors associated with machismo in the sexual behavior of adolescent students in Nulti Parish. Azuay 2015 Methods and materials: We conducted a quantitative, cross-sectional and analytical study in 160 male students in the parish of Nulti, Azuay 2015. The EMS-Sexism-12 instrument was applied to determine the machismo scale. Quantitative variables with normal distribution were expressed as mean and standard deviation, while those with non-normal distribution were expressed as medians and interquartile range. Quantitative ones were represented as absolute and relative frequencies, bivariate analysis was performed to determine risk factors for high machismo. Results: The average machismo scale was 25, 48±6, 68 points. We found a greater scale of machismo in adolescents with relationships, and a greater number of them in those who referred the use of condoms. In the same way it is associated the person with whom their first sexual intercourse took place, and the familiar functionality with a machismo level. According to the evaluated factors, the presence of a relationship, and the presence of a non-functional family were the factors that showed a significant risk for high machismo. Conclusions: The presence of relationships is a factor related to a higher machismo in male adolescents. The presence of a relationship, the person with whom their first sexual intercourse took place, and the belief that condoms prevent sexually transmitted diseases, were associated