A instituição da maternidade e o lugar social das mulheres. Um diálogo a partir de uma perspectiva decolonial

Abstract

The research presented here seeks to arise a debate focused on the theme of maternity and, more specifically, about some maternity scenarios in Brazil, in order to wonder what is socially constituted about women who are mothers. In order to establish this discussion, we will start from a historical look at what we call gender, and then follow paths that will allow an understanding of categories such as woman, family, maternity, and the social places that these point out and impose on women. The reflections were organized according to the topics explored from a decolonial perspective based on the theoretical approaches of authors such as the Nigerian philosopher Oyèrónké Oyěwùmí, the Argentinean philosopher María Lugones, and the doctor in clinical psychology Valeska Zanello. Thus, this work brings, in its composition, the intention of politicizing to complexify our perceptions about which women and which maternities fit in the hegemonic perceptions that we still carry in our society and which other possibilities are likely to be aimed at so that significant social changes can occur.