Este artigo busca compreender a experiência e os significados do câncer cervical por mulheres que realizam o Papanicolau. Realizou-se pesquisa qualitativa, com entrevistas semiestruturadas, com mulheres, moradoras do Jardim Keralux, localizado na Zona Leste da Cidade de São Paulo, Brasil. O câncer cervical é considerado uma “doença invencível” quando está em estágio avançado, cujas “causas” remetem tanto à precariedade da atenção à saúde quanto às crenças religiosas e às concepções humorais do corpo. Trata-se de uma doença marcada pelas relações de gênero, que definem, assimetricamente, as relações entre o homem e a mulher no interior da família. O câncer cervical é concebido como uma doença do gênero feminino, de maneira que cabe à mulher cuidar de sua saúde por meio do Papanicolau.
Introduction: The prescription of the contraceptive pill began in Brazil in 1962. This practice brought political and social changes to the country: the pill becomes highly accepting of women and remains the contraceptive method most used by them until nowadays. The pill' use has influenced the fall in fertility rate and, based on a series of other factors, is a set of transformations that modifies the formulation of public policies regarding reproductive health and female sexual health. Goal: To understand how the prescription of the contraceptive pill happened in Brazil, carried by gynecologists at the time when it begins to be used in the country. Methodology: This is a qualitative research, having as empirical material the narratives of six gynecologists who worked in the 1960s, at São Paulo state. Results and Discussion: From the interviews, four thematic axes of analysis were identified, which included the description of the first contact of the doctors with the pill, followed by different ways of using the contraceptive pill as a new technology. Also, were identified the relationship between medical prescription and the pharmaceutical industry, as well as the use of the contraceptive pill and the construction of the medical discourse about the female body. These findings were analyzed in light of the studies on medicalization of the female body, and how the contraceptive pill prescription was included in the medical clinic from the 1960s. Final Considerations: The use of the contraceptive pill was presented as a new technology for the control of Reproduction and of female bodies. Understanding the history of pill prescription is to take into account the multiple agents, interests, and practices that are still inscribed on women's bodies.
O objetivo deste artigo é compreender os significados do alcoolismo de uma maneira êmica, isto é, tal como ele é concebido e vivenciado por mulheres que frequentam uma reunião feminina de Alcoólicos Anônimos (AA). Realizou-se uma pesquisa qualitativa, de abordagem etnográfica, em uma reunião exclusiva de mulheres em um grupo localizado na cidade de São Paulo, Brasil. O alcoolismo está ligado às assimetrias de gênero, que estabelecem uma diferença entre homens e mulheres em relação ao uso de bebidas alcoólicas, de modo que a reunião feminina de AA possui uma dimensão política que se contrapõe à cultura patriarcal de AA ao garantir às mulheres um espaço de gênero, moral e politicamente, privilegiado para que elas possam compartilhar e significar suas experiências e, por essa via, realizar seu tratamento do alcoolismo.
The aim of this qualitative study was analyzed how gender asymmetries shape and interfere in the treatment of thirty alcoholic women members of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) in São Paulo, Brazil. Data collection was carried out through a semi-structured interview. Three categories were identified in the analysis process: “Alcoholism is a single disease, but for women it's much worse”; “Women cannot air their intimate feeling in AA mixed meetings”; “At an AA women's meeting I share the exact nature of my pain and it makes me stronger”. The women’s statements showed that gender asymmetries interfered decisively with the treatment of female AA members, since the women did not feel at ease discussing details of their intimate in the presence of men. It was concluding what female-only meeting is instrumental in supporting and strengthening alcoholic women in AA as a complement to the AA support group, without the pressures of gender discrimination.
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