Maternidade Lésbica no Brasil: Uma revisão de teses e dissertações nas Ciências Sociais, Humanas e da Saúde.

• Autor(a) principal: Azeredo, Renata Ferreira de
• Data de Publicação: 2018
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UERJ
• Texto Completo: http://www.bdtd.uerj.br/handle/1/4463
• topic: Lesbian, Mothering, Assisted Reproduction, Healthcare, Lesbian Motherhood; Lésbica, Maternidade, Reprodução Assistida, Saúde, Maternidade Lésbica; CNPQ::CIENCIAS DA SAUDE::SAUDE COLETIVA

This dissertation addresses the attention given to lesbian motherhood in Brazilian academic research, using as unit of analysis the theses and dissertations in Psychology, Social Sciences and areas connected to Collective Health in Brazil which address this issue as their main subject. The choice of working with theses and dissertations was due to an understanding of their representativeness and sensitivity to the tendencies of said field, given the central role of academic institutions graduate programs particularly in Brazilian scientific production. The review covers 25 research projects, including dissertations and theses. In our examination of said works, we investigated what has been observed, written, privileged and theorized on lesbian motherhood, as well as the terms in which non hegemonic family and kinship models, ways of conceiving, gestating, giving birth and raising children found in these studies are discussed. The goal is to contribute to systematize a current debate, highlighting the singular characteristics found in the research analyzed, on the socio-cultural dynamics and health-related matters (including those related to health policy) affecting the statute of motherhood, when combined with lesbian sexuality. The analysis indicated a group of frequent themes, later assembled around two axes. The first one is found in Chapter 3, on legal and social changes in the conception of family, parenthood and kinship by LGBT couples in their search for legal protection. That chapter also highlights the challenges faced by lesbian women who want to adopt children, or who seek Assisted Reproduction (AR), by looking at the ways of conceiving, gestating, giving birth and raising those children. It addresses subjects such as family organization and the everyday life of female couples raising children, as well as the political disputes related to the recognition of shared motherhood. The second axis, found in Chapter 4, includes discussions on lesbian motherhood related to healthcare, and health policy. It considers arguments on: the incidence of prejudice and professionals poor preparation and knowledge to attend to this group; the Sexual and Reproductive Rights of lesbian and bisexual women, and how the Brazil s public healthcare system fails to deal with them; their use of the New Reproductive Technologies (NRT) and its social unfolding; the regulation of NRT by Brazil s Federal Council of Medicine and the AR market. The systematization and consolidation of the arguments and findings of the research comprised in this review shows an ongoing process of social change illustrated by transformations in conjugal and family dynamics, both legal and in everyday life, with lasting effects on the ways lesbian families conceive, gestate, give birth and raise children.