A sobrecarga do trabalho doméstico sobre as mulheres durante a pandemia da COVID-19

Abstract

As the advance of the pandemic caused by Covid-19, throughout the year 2020 and extending to 2021, there has been an intensification of processes related to the accentuation of sexual inequalities reinforced in gender relations established in the domestic / family space, especially in function of social isolation, home office. In this sense, the argument of accountability with domestic activities, has made women experience a daily life that overloads them, be it in relation to the activities of caring for children, the elderly, the sick in the family and / or, in other words, in relation to other activities that need to be developed at home. Although women were already at the forefront of these activities, even before the pandemic, with more people at home, and having to reconcile, in some cases with remote work, social isolation caused a more intense coexistence of families and an accumulation of activities performed by women, who are usually not fairly divided by all family members. Thus, it is necessary to remember the rooting of patriarchy in contemporary society. Process that historically places women as responsible for the so-called “feminine” or “women's things” activities, understood as “unproductive”, as they do not generate direct resources for families. The challenge of involving everyone in the family in the co-responsibility of domestic activities and care, especially in the male figure (s), is highlighted: man as a participating agent and also responsible for the aforementioned activities. To this end, the research aims to understand the perception of women in relation to the burden of domestic work during social isolation caused by the pandemic of the covid-19, the inequality in the division of tasks, focusing on the absence of men and people who share the house and, present as a contribution to expand the discussions regarding the sexual division of labor and the burden of women in the pandemic period.