MARIA, MARIA: conceptions about being a woman in a street situation

• Autor(a) principal: Sanchotene, Iulla Portillo
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Outros Autores: De Antoni, Clarissa, Munhós, Aline Assmann Ruas
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Textos & contextos (Porto Alegre)
• Texto Completo: https://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/ojs/index.php/fass/article/view/29297
• topic: Woman. Homeless. Violence. Maternity.; Mulher. Sem-teto. Violência. Maternidade.

This study aimed to investigate the conceptions of homeless women in Porto Alegre, Brazil, about being a woman in this context. This is an exploratory, qualitative and descriptive study, with data submitted to the Thematic Analysis. Six homeless women were interviewed and the instrument used was a semi structured interview elaborated by the researchers. It was found that the main conceptions about being women refer to the violence they are subjected to due to gender and the impossibility of exercising the maternity in the idealized way. Among the violence experienced, cases of physical, verbal and sexual abuse are reported, being partners, ex-partners, strangers or protective institutions, such as the organs of public security. Moreover, the women’s suffering was noted for being away from their children, as well as the efforts made to reverse this situation.