School is not a neutral or egalitarian space

Not only in terms of social classes, but also with respect to gender relations. Gender inequalities are naturalized and thus legitimized in that space. This work is a doctoral thesis in education in which the author set out to analyze the representations of the masculine and feminine genders in English books produced in Argentina within the framework of the legal transformations in matters of gender and sexualities carried out between 2006 and 2012.

In this sense, one of the central questions of the research was to investigate whether the books to learn English produced in our country have already begun to incorporate the gender perspective in the direction proposed by these laws.

The results show that the occupations of women presented in images and texts tend to multiply and diversify, accompanying the professionalization of women. However, figures that show women in traditional roles continue to predominate, thus reflecting a social reality that would persist almost unchanged. Certain categories analyzed reflect greater equality between men and women; others show relative equality; while others suggest inequality in their omission.