Nursing Students’ Perception about Gender Inequalities Presented on Social Networks: A Qualitative Study

Elena Andina-Díaz, María Isabel Ventura-Miranda (), Enedina Quiroga-Sánchez (), Ángela María Ortega-Galán, Isabel María Fernández-Medina and María Dolores Ruiz-Fernández
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Elena Andina-Díaz: Department of Nursing and Physiotherapy, University of León, Vegazana Campus, 24170 Leon, Spain
María Isabel Ventura-Miranda: Department of Nursing, Physiotherapy, and Medicine, University of Almeria, Carretera San Urbano, 04120 Almería, Spain
Enedina Quiroga-Sánchez: Department of Nursing and Physiotherapy, University of León, Vegazana Campus, 24170 Leon, Spain
Ángela María Ortega-Galán: Department of Nursing, University of Huelva, Campus el Carmen, 21071 Huelva, Spain
Isabel María Fernández-Medina: Department of Nursing, Physiotherapy, and Medicine, University of Almeria, Carretera San Urbano, 04120 Almería, Spain
María Dolores Ruiz-Fernández: Department of Nursing, Physiotherapy, and Medicine, University of Almeria, Carretera San Urbano, 04120 Almería, Spain

IJERPH, 2023, vol. 20, issue 3, 1-11

Abstract: During the COVID-19 pandemic, gender inequalities in nurses have been exacerbated through the images shown on social networks. This study aimed to explore and describe nursing students’ experiences and perceptions about gender inequalities in nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic. A descriptive qualitative study was carried out in two universities in 264 undergraduate nursing students. The photovoice method was used to guide the study. Results: Two main categories and four subcategories were described from the data: “gender-related stereotypes”, with “male leadership in a female profession” and “sexualization of female nurses” and “women’s vulnerability in the pandemic” with “the gender gap in the face of increased risk of contagion “ and “women’s emotional fragility”. Over the years, care has been considered a female task, and nursing continues to be thought of in this way. The nurse has been discriminated against, poorly considered as a professional, and, as a woman, subjected to gender roles.

Keywords: photovoice; gender stereotyping; COVID-19; nursing students (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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