Gender identity: obstacle to development or access to equity?

Part of a research proyect carried out among teenagers in the town of Catambuco (Narino, Colombia), this article exposes and reflects about social representations related to gender and identity that prevail in the attitudes and beliefs of this poblational segment. Here, the authors recognize the existence of stereotypes, opinions, values and norms that form the meaning of being in the world as a man or a woman, and discuss the implications that such representations have on gender equity.