Construção e desconstrução das identidades masculinas entre trabalhadores metalúrgicos acometidos de LER/DORT

Abstract

This study aimed to reveal how metalworkers experience prolonged incapacity for work due to repetitive strain injury/work-related musculoskeletal disorder (RSI/WRMD) and the impact of chronic illness on the construction/deconstruction of masculinity. A qualitative study was performed, based on narrative interviews with male metalworkers in an automotive factory in the State of Bahia, Brazil. The results showed how the conflict in the experience of illness, the maintenance of male identity, and expectations of meeting the rules dictated by hegemonic masculinity are experienced and signified in daily life. Metalworkers' experience of illness with RSI/WRMD is expressed in their incapacity for work, deconstruction of self-esteem, loss of collective identity, and interruption of future prospects. In conclusion, hegemonic masculinity exposes men to more health risks, plays a mediating role in work-related illness, alters trajectories of care, and explains men's unwillingness to seek help.

Relationships between domains of functioning of workers with work-related disorders

“…17 Low social support and low satisfaction and stress at work were harmful to the mental health of low-income workers. 23 Workers' psychological well-being and pain complaints depend on social support, compensation system, work environment and the individual's personal factors. When these aspects are unfavorable, they can, in combination, enhance the disability.…”

Knowledge, attitudes and practices related to sexually transmitted infections of men in prison

“…Knowledge involves distancing from men and not belonging on the topic, assigning a special responsibility to women with whom they have active sexual relations. In this context, when men blame women for the appearance of an STD (19)(20) , the knowledge seems to be tied to the hegemonic masculinity model, which is based on the idealizations of machismo and induces domination and subordination to women. It also includes permissiveness and social legalization of multiplicities of partnership, and the non-use of protective methods historically delegated to men.…”

Implicações para homens do afastamento do(a) filho(a) devido medida protetiva de urgência

“…Assim sendo, da mulher é esperado que seja sensível, frágil e dócil (3) do ser homem projeta-se que seja forte, assertivo, viril, corajoso e que prove constantemente sua masculinidade por meio de comportamentos agressivos ou de risco. (4) Esses atributos e características tendem a ser percebidos como naturais e permeiam todo o processo de formação da identidade feminina e masculina.…”