O paradoxo entre a imputação do trabalho do cuidado e a negação da maternidade a mulheres negras

Abstract

This dissertation aims to investigate the paradox between the attribution of caregiving work and the denial of motherhood assigned to Black women due to the consolidation of unequal gender and race relations in Brazil. To achieve this, we investigate the specificities of the country's social, political, and economic formation; the intrinsic relationship between gender and race oppression and exploitation; the constitution of the social identity of being a Black woman in Brazil; and the construction of motherhood as an ideal of the dominant class.The study highlights the centrality of the racial context in the debate and covers everything from its development to contemporary expressions of the paradox that it names, from a perspective that intersects gender, race, and class. To this end, we develop a theoretical foundation to dissect central categories and concepts for understanding the theme. Additionally, we present secondary data from sources such as IBGE, the Ministry of Racial Equality, DIEESE, BEMFAM, the Ministry of Labor and Employment, the Brazilian Observatory of Inequalities, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, the Sou da Paz Institute, and the Police Ombudsman of São Paulo. These, along with media reports reflecting the social interpretation of this motherhood, demonstrate that it is not a dated phenomenon but a latent problem concerning its naturalization within the Brazilian social structure.