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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>2011-0839</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Universitas Medica]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Univ. Med.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2011-0839</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Pontificia Universidad Javeriana]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
</journal-meta>
<article-meta>
<article-id>S2011-08392021000400018</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.11144/javeriana.umed62-4.muje</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[La mujer en medicina: la normalización de una discriminación oculta]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Women in Medicine: The Normalization of a Hidden Discrimination]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Vargas-Acevedo]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Catalina]]></given-names>
</name>
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</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>62</volume>
<numero>4</numero>
<fpage>201</fpage>
<lpage>205</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2011-08392021000400018&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2011-08392021000400018&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2011-08392021000400018&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen En medicina, así como en otras áreas del conocimiento, a pesar de tener mayor representación por géneros históricamente excluidos, sigue existiendo una discriminación hacia la mujer que se ha normalizado. Están entrando y se están graduando más mujeres en las facultades de medicina, pero una brecha de género se evidencia al evaluar su presencia en altos cargos dentro de la red hospitalaria y académica, así como una brecha salarial persistente entre mujeres y hombres médicos. Es por esto por lo que existe una discriminación que yace por debajo de la superficie y que se ha fundado en un sinnúmero de constructos sociales y estereotipos que construyen un sesgo de género. Cada una de las palabras encubiertas en esta normalidad crean una barrera sistemática y estructural frente al papel de la mujer en la medicina y a su desarrollo profesional y académico libre de sesgos y prejuicios. Este sesgo no afecta únicamente el clima laboral ni discrimina únicamente a las mujeres médicas, sino que también afecta la atención a pacientes y, por ende, los desenlaces en salud. Entonces, debemos emprender una sensibilización discursiva y reconocer los sesgos persistentes en busca de una verdadera equidad de género en medicina, desde las facultades hasta los hospitales.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract For women in medicine, as well as in many other areas, despite greater representation by historically excluded genders, there is a persistent discrimination towards women, one that has been normalized. There is a gender gap that is still present as we evaluate the presence of women in senior positions within the hospitals and the academic network, as well as the persistent salary gap between women and men in medicine. Therefore, there is still a discrimination that lies below the surface and has been founded upon a variety of social constructs and stereotypes that create a gender bias. Every single word, phrase and argument hidden within this normalization create a structural and systematic barrier towards the role of women in medicine, as well as their professional and academic development free of prejudice. This gender bias does not only affect the work environment or discriminate only against women physicians, but it can also affect patient care and health outcomes. It is necessary to embark a discursive awareness and recognize the persistent bias in search of a true gender equality in medicine, from medical schools to the hospitals.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[género]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[equidad de género]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[género y salud]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[estereotipo de género]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[identidad de género]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[gender]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[gender equality]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[gender and health]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[gender stereotype]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[gender identity]]></kwd>
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