This article describes and interprets school experiences of woman students in male-dominate fields of study of Vocational Education and Training (VET) in Chile, using qualitative and quantitative data. The aim is to show how gender differences are produced in this sector, in a setting in which the rhetoric of gender equality taking force. We found that there is a high students and teachers’ approval of women participation in these field of study. However, discourses that give a lower profile to student gender, would prevent addressing unique problems faced by female students in a male-dominated environment. Likewise, micro-practices which reproduced gender stereotypes inside VET schools, as well as limitations to performs labor internship in industrial sector companies, would be obstacles not overcome yet for women persistence in this path. We conclude that to address gender issues in VET sector is a challenge that involve actors from educational and work world, and implies a deep questioning of the traditional way of doing things in this sector. © 2019 PEL.
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