Sentidos do trabalho doméstico assalariado na percepção de trabalhadoras brasileiras: uma revisão sistemática qualitativa

Meanings of paid domestic work in the perception of Brazilian workers: a qualitative systematic review

Abstract

Domestic work in Brazil is a reflection of a colonial and slave-owning legacy characterized by social, racial, and gender inequalities to which mostly black women and women from low social backgrounds were and are subjected, producing dynamics observed to this day that influence the way these women perceive labor and emotional relationships and the recognition of themselves as subjects.In view os this, the presente article is a qualitative systematic review of national literature whose objective is to verify the existing academic production on the subjective intersections of paid domestic work in Brazil.To this end, electronic searches were carried out in the Scielo, CAPES and BVS databases, based on the descriptors “domestic workers”, “domestic employees”, “perceptions”, “subjectivity” and “psychology”, from which 21 works that met the inclusion criteria were selected. After analyzing the data, four predominant themes were identified: 1) Insertion into domestic work; 2) Recognition of the profession; 3) Strategies for claiming rights and collective organization; 4) Ambivalent feelings and power dynamics in the relationship with employers. The theoretical discussion was conducted from the perspective of the Gestalt approach. The theoretical discussion was conducted from a Gestalt therapy perspective, considering the approach's ethical commitment to including political and social suffering in the debate. Thus, Gestalt understanding intervenes in the welcoming and empowerment of these women, addressing the sociocultural stigmas that reinforce their subcategorization and promote the maintenance of the structures that imprison them.