Experiências de conciliação: Analisando as relações de género durante a atual crise económica

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ResumoNeste artigo, pretendemos analisar os papéis de género nas relações familiares entre mulheres e homens durante a atual crise económica, partindo dos discursos sobre práticas de conciliação de 22 pessoas, recolhidos através de 4 grupos de discussão focalizada, realizados em freguesias rurais de Viana do Castelo. Verificámos que as mulheres elaboram inúmeras estratégias para organizar o seu dia-a-dia, procurando conciliar a profissão com a vida familiar, sem contar com o apoio dos maridos, mesmo quando estes se encontram em situação de desemprego. Concluímos que a partilha das expectativas que atribuem às mulheres a responsabilidade pelo cuidado da família impossibilita a consciência da desigualdade de género e a sua reivindicação social.Palavras-chave: papéis de género, relações de género, práticas de conciliação, organização familiar. Abstract Reconciliation experiences: analysing gender relations in the current economic crisisIn this paper, we analyse gender roles in family relations between women and men during the current economic crisis, using the discourses of reconciliation practices of 22 people, collected through four focus groups that were conducted in rural districts of Viana do Castelo. We found that women develop and employ several strategies to organise their daily routine, in order to reconcile professional and family life, without relying on their husbands' support, even when they are unemployed. We concluded that shared expectations that hold women alone responsible for family care preclude the awareness of gender inequality and its related social claim.Keywords: gender roles, gender relations, reconciliation practices, family organisation. Resumé Les expériences de conciliation: analyse des relations entre les sexes dans le contexte actuel de crise économiqueDans cet article, nous analysons les rôles de genre dans les relations familiales entre les femmes et les hommes dans le contexte actuel de crise économique, en utilisant les témoi-gnages de 22 personnes sur leurs pratiques de conciliation, recueillis lors de quatre groupes de discussion réalisés dans les districts ruraux de Viana do Castelo. Nous avons constaté que les femmes recourent à de nombreuses stratégies pour organiser leur quotidien, en essayant de concilier vie professionnelle et familiale, sans pouvoir compter sur le soutien de leurs maris, même quand ceux-ci sont au chômage. Nous en avons conclu que les attentes partagées social quant à la responsabilité des soins de la famille incombant aux femmes, empêche la prise de conscience de l'inégalité des sexes et leur revendication sociale.Mots-clés: rôles de genre, relations entre les sexes, pratiques de conciliation, organisation de la famille.

Uma Educação de Pessoas Adultas Sensível ao Género: Perspetiva Crítica

“…Recent Portuguese studies that relate gender to the management of family life have brought to light results that are consistent with the main conclusions of research about gender stereotypes and their impact in personal life of men and women (e.g., Múrias, 2015;Ribeiro, Coelho, & Ferreira-Valente, 2015), mainly in what gender patterns of unpaid work is concerned, in which women appear as the main (serial) carers of the others, including the younger and the older members of the family. Such inequalities -that include generally less time and money available for women (e.g., ILO, 2016;Ribeiro et al, 2015), and less self-autonomy for basic daily routines for men (e.g., Pimentel, 2011) -continue to contaminate undoubtedly the way men and women exercise their citizenship, their aspirations, and how they evaluate themselves as learners, practitioners, and potential participants in educational programmes for adults.…”