Corpo e gênero em questão: (r)existências femininas nos espaços de educação

Abstract

We live in a society where female bodies are devalued and inferior in relation to male bodies, and this, unfortunately, is also present in the field of Education, through the reproduction of sexist ideas and behavior. These attitudes end up causing the silencing of women's bodies, making them increasingly coerced, subordinate, passive and, consequently, by incorporating some of these behaviors, these bodies also become reproducers of gender inequalities. Therefore, we realize how much it is still necessary to discuss what it is like to bea woman in the society we live in, about the oppression we suffer in our daily lives, about howmuch we are surrounded by prejudice and marked by bodily stereotypes, and how much we still have to fight for our rights and spaces in society, in the 21st century. The way we deal with gender issues, as they are established today, is a great injustice, so we need to stand up, stand up against oppression and inequalities, and not just women, but men as well. Therefore, it is necessary to problematize the dichotomous views that circulate in common sense, in order to break with what is considered “natural” in society. However, we know that there is no “recipe” on how to transform society, but we believe that there are ways to start this process of (de)construction, and this is only possible through Education. From this, this research is configured in a qualitative approach that is made from interviews, investigations, discussions and reflections. To participate in this study, ten teachers aged between 25 and 51 years were selected and the interviewees' teaching time varies between 2 months and 20 years. Due to the pandemic scenario, the methodological instrument used in this research was a virtual questionnaire with open questions, in order to investigate, analyze and understand, through the responses of the participants, how they live their corporeality and face the challenges of teaching and facing the society in which we live. Finally, we seek to point out possible ways toachieve a Liberating and Feminist Education, which is capable of seeing, respecting, valuing and enhancing the female bodies that circulate in educational spaces. And that, consequently, this Education can form critical and active subjects in society, capable of breaking with prejudice and with the reproduction of sexist behavior, thus promoting a possible equity between genders.