Female experiences of loneliness. Old age as a phase of strength

Abstract

This article reflects on loneliness in women and points out the relationship between cultural assignments, the social role of women and the effect this has in relation to how loneliness is faced. The "gender" will be used as an analytical category and the sex-gender theory for the epistemological value that it contributes to the analysis, and old age as a stage of strength. Studies on loneliness and sex expose the need to continue investigating, therefore, it is invited to explore how 'differentiated socialization' and 'gender social mandates' constitute important elements in the experience of women with loneliness. This same may constitute, after new links to the attributions imposed on gender and old age, a line of research that generates responses.