As Mulheres no Espaço dos Homens: o caso das estudantes do Curso de engenharia electrónica da Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade Eduardo Mondlane

Abstract

We study the stereotypes that students of the course Electronics Engineering (E.E), Faculty of Engineering (F.E) of the Eduardo Mondlane University (EMU) suffer within the university context, and the manipulation strategies of social identity they use to circumvented them, in order to take the course with success. We embarked on a theoretical triangulation, between the theory of Social Phenomenology of Alfred Schutz (1979) and the theory of identity manipulation of Evering Goffman (2004), which allowed us to read the manipulation strategies of social identity, the students using to circumvent stereotypes (intellectual disability and physical disability) they face. We conducted a study with a qualitative approach where the monographic study was the strategic research, the target group was made up of EMU E.E students. The interpretation of data allowed us to say that the students of the E.E course of EMU suffer stereotypes (intellectual disability and physical disability), which are built in a university context based on patriarchy, and from teachers to students make stereotypes to make itself felt within the F.E. And in that sense, the students make use of strategies to try to correct his condition indirectly; secondary gains; and cover-up; to overcome stereotypes suffering as a way to be able to finish the course with some success.