Actitudes de sexismo ambivalente y su influencia en la asertividad sexual en los usuarios que se atienden en el Hospital Rodriguez Zambranode Manta, 2021-2022

Abstract

Background: Sexist attitudes are considered a social problem that has transcended cultures, delimiting assertive communication in the sexual relations of each individual. Objective: to determine ambivalent sexist attitudes and their influence on sexual assertiveness in users who are treated at the Rodríguez Zambrano de Manta Hospital, 2021-2022. Methodological Design: it is quantitative, descriptive, correlational, with a transversal scope. The population is the patients who are treated at the Rodríguez Zambrano Hospital in Manta and the sample is made up of 500 users. The instruments applied are the scales: Ambivalent Sexism Inventory (ASI), Spanish version of Expósito; the Sexual Assertiveness scale (ASA) defined by Morokoff and the sociodemographic group questionnaire. In the information processing, the SPSS program was obtained, calculating the descriptive statistics and standard deviation, the Spearman conversion was used as a hypothesis test, the Kruskal Wallis statistic to compare the values of the sociodemographic group and the linear regression to know the contribution of the dimensions of the ASI. Results: the average analysis shows a slight disagreement with ambivalent sexism (ASI), and (SAS) a slight increase in sexual assertiveness in the population. In the consequence of the variables it will be developed that hostile sexism and benevolent paternalism sexism will decrease the ability of sexual assertiveness. Conclusions: sexist attitudes negatively influence the sexual assertiveness ability of individuals, deteriorating the ability to reject sexual intercourse and the negotiation of pregnancy and STI prevention.