LA IDEOLOGÍA DE GÉNERO Y SU INCIDENCIA EN EL MARCO JURÍDICO ECUATORIANO

Abstract

Gender ideology is a proposal that has evolved from radical feminism, a movement whose purpose is to seek a new society order between men and women, to the LGBT movement, whose purpose is to secure equality of rights for people of all genders. Over the last decades, various international organizations and national governments have progressively introduce gender rights into their respective legislations. In Ecuador, a growing segment of its society has welcomed such proposal and has been for many years advocating and trying to introduce gender rights into local legislation. This has stimulated an ongoing national debate between conservative and religious groups that believe that family in its traditional form is an institution that must not be modified under any circumstance and for any reason; and feminist and LGBT groups that believe in a society with absolute equality for everyone, including economic and social equality between men and women, and same gender marriages. This work analyzes the theoretical framework of gender ideology; and its historical and current state in Ecuador, to determine its social and economic impact in Ecuadorian society, as well as its political impact in local legislation