Profissão: Do lar. A (des)valorização do trabalho doméstico como desdobramento da (in)visibilidade do feminino

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2008

RESUMO

Middle class women left home and joined the labor market during the second half of the XX century. This process generated many changes in family arrangements. The valorization of these women that leave the private space to conquer public spaces, typically viewed as masculine domains, inaugurates a new dimension of the feminine condition. On the other hand, there are many women that have remained home, happily fulfilling their role as house wives. The condition of women that, nowadays, remain in the place traditionally female, deserves attention. This qualitative and exploratory research, aimed to understand dimensions of the experience of housewives. The objectives were: 1) to understand the meanings that housewives of different social classes give to their experience and the perspectives they have of the feminine role; 2) to identify elements that might indicate how their role is valued by their families and themselves; 3) to understand how their labor activities might impact their physical and mental health. Semi- structured interviews were used to collect the data that was analyzed with discourse analysis. The analyses resulted in the construction of three case studies. The economic inequalities that exist between the three participants had a significant impact on their views regarding domestic labor, their role in the family and their lives experiences. We seize also that the recovery family and, above all, staff was proportionally related to their social reality and access provided by this. Only the low income housewife made reference to the impact of her domestic labor on her physical and mental health. We believe the contribution of this research was to give voice, value and visibility these often forgotten and undervalued women.

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invisibility dona-de-casa gender classe social psicologia devaluation valorização gênero social class visibilidade housewife

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