Mulheres e o cuidado de pessoas com deficiência: justiça e interseccionalidade

Abstract

This dissertation problematizes the place that care occupies in the lives of women caregivers of people with disabilities in our society. The discussions are based on feminist criticism of the social model of disability and seek an intersectional perspective of analysis with support and reflections based on the narratives of four (4) women. In this sense, when conducting interviews with women (mothers, grandmother, and sister) responsible for the family care of people with disabilities, together with academic and theoretical-methodological references, it is intended to understand how the informal and family care work, historically relegated to women, operates in the social and legal spheres, especially in the aspect of the theory of justice and public policies that involve it and considering the social markers of differences and inequalities in an intersectional way. To this end, authors in the field of feminisms were fundamental to think about the structural responsibility of women in relation to care, especially related to people with disabilities, mostly seen as subordinate, devalued, and confined to the domestic sphere, especially to reflect on the socially assigned obligations to men and women. In view of this, the COVID-19 pandemic and its consequences still operated as events that affected the research paths and which were put under analysis, because during the pandemic period, in 2020, the overload of care work that became even more evident affects women and how racism also operates in this context, considering that care is mostly performed by women, especially black women. Therefore, Martha Nussbaum's Theory of Capabilities, which involves 10 (ten) central capacities so that everyone can live a full life and with potential for choice, provides important concepts to rethink the allocation of care in theories of justice, in law and social relations. It also sought to problematize some aspects of care relationships for people with disabilities, with reflections also in the field of public policies. Thus, there is the importance of giving visibility and centrality to the discussions and demands regarding the care of people with disabilities, rethinking public policies and dominant social practices given of the dimension that care occupies in the existence of all people, with and without disabilities.