“Acho que é uma resistência construída na conformidade”: estratégias heterotópicas para o protagonismo feminino na efetivação do direito social ao trabalho

Abstract

This research work aimed to understand the strategies developed by women in realizing the social right to work regarding access, permanence, and opportunities through a feminist and decolonial methodology and theoretical framework, supported by Foucauldian contributions. As far as access is concerned, the effectiveness of the social right to work, permanence, and opportunities is influenced by gender, race, and class issues for which the Law is not sufficient, resulting in the need for the construction of strategies by female bodies for this realization. To achieve such understanding, the study approaches the main concepts that guide the research in this field, such as power/knowledge (FOUCAULT, 2021), normalization (FOUCAULT, 1995), subalternity (SPIVAK, 2010), intersectionality (COLLINS, 2022), and heteorotopia (FOUCAULT, 2009). From the feminist theories perspective, we rely on the woman question (BARTLETT, 1990), the increased consciousness (BARTLEET, 1990), and decolonial feminism (LUGONES, 2019; SEGATO, 2016). By promoting spaces of speaking - and listening - together with women as subalternate subjects and perceiving these subjects' knowledge as legitimate for Law, the research met what is proposed by interculturality (WALSH, 2010). Based on empirical research, it was observed that women develop heterotopic strategies in the realization of the social right to work concerning access, permanence, and opportunities in terms of obstacles due to gender, race, and social class. For this purpose, bibliographical research was conducted accompanied by the formation of focus groups, interrelating theory, and the experiences shared by the research subjects. The work was developed within the "Law and social vulnerability" research line.