Abstract

This article introduces some theoretical reflections about gender and stratification in the Uruguayan countryside It tries to focus on the overlap and intersection between gender and social classes inequalities It also shows some data collected from the Continuous Household Survey and the Official National Census that took placed in 2011 The purpose is to analyze the current gender inequalities at the rural areas We can find many differences coming from distinct origins social classes gender generations culture religion ethnicity race and others Differences are not something negative by themselves if they enrich cultural diversity However the big issue starts when some groups dominates anothers Our concerns are not differences but inequities the challenges that some social groups women for example have to deal with to achieve equal opportunities and resources