Family constellation, sexism and LGBTphobia: Stigmas, trajectories and gender identity

Abstract

Prejudices related to sex and gender are linked to the practice of domination, discrimination, violent behaviour and stigma. Stereotyped and sexist views about the transgender population will play an essential role in the occurrence of attitudes of abuse and violence. This research aimed to understand LGBTphobia and carry out a critical analysis of the evidence of machismo and sexism, from the perspective of the family constellation, to visualize the challenges that are presented to stigmas, trajectories and gender identity as a way of ground acceptability to the sexual orientations of each being. In this sense, to understand these phenomena, we sought to study them through social and gender approaches. In order to contribute to this aspect, this research is qualitative, exploratory and descriptive, developed through a narrative literature review. We sought to gather in a pre-defined database references that discussed the family constellation and violence directed at the LGBT population. The term sex is reserved for the predetermined biological characteristics of men and women. At the same time, gender is used to indicate the socially constructed factors that constitute males and females in different cultures. In the results, the presence of gender stereotypes was detected. Sexism, also present, was significantly more benevolent than hostile. The findings corroborate gender stereotypes and ambivalent sexism and the need to develop actions and policies to eradicate them.