El macho Guayaco: Explorando los estereotipos de masculinidad identificados por los adultos emergentes de Guayaquil.

Abstract

This exploratory study seeks to define the stereotypes of masculinity identified by the emerging adults from Guayaquil between 18 and 30 years old, its temporal validity, acknowledging dominant, emergent and decadent masculinities in dispute, and taking into account differences between heterosexual and homosexual men. It also explores the way in which men of different sexual orientation visualize themselves in relation to the dominant masculinity. The study suggests that local dominant stereotypes are associated to the archetypes of the western hegemonic masculinity (strength, leadership, independence, heterosexuality, etc.) and that, although there have been changes in the socially legitimized forms of masculinity, in which some are acknowledge as decadents and other as emergent, all of them are measured and valued in terms of their proximity to the utopic hegemonic model. The situation is not so different among the homosexual populations, who keep a subordination position with the hegemony of heteronormativity, and validate and reproduce it among their equals, creating conditions of subordination among homosexuals.