%0 Journal Article %T La formaci¨®n de la identidad de g¨¦nero una mirada desde la filosof¨ªa %A Mayobre Rodr¨ªguez %A Purificaci¨®n %J Revista Venezolana de Estudios de la Mujer %D 2007 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %X the reflection is focused on the determination of gender as a key to build the subjectivity. the hierarchy or asymmetry depicted by genders is an expression of a bipolarity inherent to the logical structure of western thinking, grounded on the ontological dualism of plato. femineity rises as a normative form of gender for all women. in this paper the philosophical roots of gender system are presented, as well as the wide and intense current discussion about what is and ought to be the meaning of being a woman or the femineity %K gender identity %K femineity %K postmodern feminism. %U http://www.scielo.org.ve/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1316-37012007000100004&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en