This book is the third of a series of five volumes that analyze and denounce the gender-based inequalities and violence faced by Latin American female social scientists in academic settings. This volume is dedicated to Mexico and offers an in-depth feminist ethnographic case study of gender-based inequalities and violence in Mexican universities, situating this national case within the broader comparative research project across Latin America.

Drawing on qualitative interviews with female social scientists, systematic reviews of historical, statistical, and policy data, and reflexive methodological approaches, the volume traces how structural inequalities are produced and reproduced across life trajectories—from family socialization and higher education to professional advancement. The authors analyse key dimensions shaping women’s academic careers, including the sex-gender division of labor, androcentrism in scientific institutions, and the intersection of gender with class, race, and caregiving responsibilities. It documents persistent disparities in access to stable academic positions, recognition, and leadership, alongside experiences of symbolic and physical violence, harassment, and exclusion within university environments.

Methodologically, the volume advances the use of feminist ethnography and the extended case method to connect individual narratives with macro-level transformations in higher education and science policy. By combining empirical accounts with critical engagement in feminist epistemology, the book highlights the ethical imperative of turning analytical attention toward inequalities within the social sciences themselves.

How to Suppress the Careers of Female Social Scientists – Volume 3: An Anti-manual from Mexico will be of interest to scholars in gender studies, sociology of education, anthropology, and science and technology studies, as well as readers concerned with academic labor, inequality, and institutional transformation in higher education.

Menara Guizardi is a social anthropologist and Adjunct Researcher at the Argentinean National Council for Scientific and Technical Research (CONICET), and external researcher at Universidad de Tarapacá (Chile). She holds a PhD in Social Anthropology from the Autonomous University of Madrid and has led multiple international projects on gender inequalities, migration, and academic labor. Her work is grounded in feminist ethnography and Latin American social theory.

Isabel Araya is a doctoral candidate in Anthropology at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile and Université Sorbonne-Nouvelle – Paris III. Trained in social anthropology, her research engages with racialization, Afro-descendant studies, gender, and migration. She is affiliated with the Chilean Network of Afro-descendant Studies and contributes to interdisciplinary debates on intersectionality and border dynamics in Latin America. 

Eleonora López is a sociologist and postdoctoral researcher at the Center for Studies of Social Cohesion and Conflict (COES, Chile), and lecturer at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. She holds a PhD in Sociology and works on migration, childhood, racism, and human rights, with a focus on social suffering and inequalities. Her research contributes to contemporary debates in Latin American sociology and migration studies.

Natalia Marroquín is a social anthropologist and research assistant at the Center for Studies of Social Cohesion and Conflict (COES, Chile), where she works on knowledge transfer and human mobility. She has contributed to several Fondecyt projects on gender, culture, and social inequalities in Latin America. Her research interests include academic labor, gender-based inequalities, and the sociocultural dimensions of knowledge production.