Construções de gênero na juventude : uma análise das percepções de estudantes do EJA a partir de publicações do facebook

Abstract

Increasingly, the insertion of the internet and the impact of social media are present in people's daily lives. It is in this space where culture and social expression are built, as well as the gender issues, also exposed and continually constructed in this virtual space. School spaces are also central to discussions about understandings of gender, sexuality, and sexual diversity. They are contexts that propitiate the problematization of social relations built and accepted socially and culturally. Today's youth experience changes that may or may not turn some occupied places and roles in the course of their lives. The study "Gender Constructions in Youth: an analysis of students' perceptions of the EJA from Facebook publications" aimed to investigate the constructions of gender in youth from the perceptions of students of the modality of education "Education of Youth and Adults ", through perceptions presented from the speeches of young people of a municipal school in the metropolitan region of Rio Grande do Sul. The research is defined as being qualitative and exploratory, with the participation of 37 young people aged 15 to 29, with 14 women and 23 men. The research consisted of three mixed focus groups, women and men, a female focus group, women only, and a male focal group, only men, totaling five focal groups. Twelve publications of the social network Facebook that had the theme "Gender" to stress the discussion in the groups, analyzed using the thematic analysis method, resulted in an article that had as objective to analyze the different perceptions of gender constructed and lived by young people in the daily life of their lives. The results demonstrated how much the use of Facebook is present in the routine of young people, as well as reveal the way in which the constructions of gender are realized and unequally perceived by the young people in the current society. The article composes the scenario presenting notes for education. The youths are a complex group and very connected with the social changes, including thinking about the context of social media and the knowledge produced by education. Thus, other studies should be carried out aiming at amplifying this cut and contributing to the advancement of studies in this area.