The vocational field from a gender approach

Abstract

The paper proposes a conceptual and normative framework for dealing with orientation, highlighting the importance of the human rights, gender and intersectionality approaches. The rights approach underlines equality as human beings and the need to guarantee fundamental rights such as education and health. The gender approach recognises the social and historical construction of gender and makes inequalities and discrimination visible, including LGBTQ+ people. Intersectionality considers multiple dimensions of social experience that determine privileges and oppressions. Several laws in Argentina that stem from these approaches are mentioned, covering issues such as sex education, gender identity, prevention of violence and access to employment for transgender people. The vocational field is analysed as a result of social and subjective variables, influenced by a capitalist and patriarchal system that perpetuates gender roles. It also mentions sexual dissidence and criticises the allocation of roles in the patriarchal system. Finally, the importance of lifelong learning and the ethical and political responsibility of addressing vocational guidance from a gender perspective are highlighted, and areas for future research are proposed, such as the situation of transvestites and women in situations of gender violence.