%0 Journal Article %T El asalto femenino a la universidad: un caso para la discusi¨®n de los efectos reproductivos del sistema educativo en relaci¨®n al g¨¦nero %A Marrero %A Adriana %J Revista argentina de sociolog£¿-a %D 2006 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %X the aim of this article is to re-examine the sociological theory of reproduction as it is applied to the relationship between gender and scholar achievement, accordingly to the confluence of two different and opposed pieces of evidence: the increasing proportion of women in higher education, and the mainstream sociological focus on the negative impact of school in the construction of women¡äs self-confidence. upon the basis of qualitative and quantitative empirical approaches, -interviews to higher education teachers and students, discussion groups and observation- the article proposes an alternative interpretation of the phenomena of scholar feminization. %K education %K gender %K scholar achievement %K university matriculation %K sociology. %U http://www.scielo.org.ar/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1669-32482006000200003&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en