Obstacles for the formulation of postgraduate and specializations on gender and dissidence in the Chilean

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to problematize and reflect on the economic, bureaucratic-administrative but above all ideological-religious obstacles that hinder the development and strengthening of postgraduate studies in the area of gender and dissidence; Despite the discourses that appeal to diversity and inclusion, the legislative advances in terms of individual and collective rights, and the political will of certain progressive sectors, we are faced with reactionary forces that try in different ways, including politics, not only to obstruct these advances, but to reverse them. Among the main conclusions are the strong rejection to the gender studies and feminist demands and disapproval from confessional universities. The backwardness of private universities where gender bursts forth as a mandate of authority and not as the product of processes of maturation and discernment of the university communities. And the ambivalent attitude of secular public universities that show the greatest institutional development in the area, while little or no interest in strengthening postgraduate and gender studies and dissidence. Equally relevant is the political interventionism and intimidation of certain parliamentarians to academics who cultivate these disciplines.