A Influência do patriarcado no acesso de mulheres a cargos de direção em Instituições Federais de Educação Profissional, Científica e Tecnológica (IFEPCT) do Estado de Minas Gerais

Abstract

This master's thesis aims to identify the factors that influence women's access to Management Positions (CD) at the Federal Center for Technological Education of Minas Gerais (CEFET-MG) and at the Federal Institutes of Education, Science and Technology (IFs), located in the State of Minas Gerais (MG), considering the current patriarchal system. For the execution of this research, it was initially based on bibliographical research, in order to outline a theoretical framework capable of bringing understanding about the themes treated, mainly, about the system of patriarchy, which is imposed, leading women from this, and from other contexts, to a condition of subalternity. After structuring the framework, two scripts for field research were constructed. The first constituted a semi-structured guide for the focus groups - with managers and the second, also a semi-structured guide, for conducting interviews with six managers from the Institutions CEFET-MG, Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia de Minas Gerais (IFMG), Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Northern Minas Gerais (IFNMG), Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Southeast Minas Gerais (IFSUDESTEMG), Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of the South of Minas Gerais (IFSULDEMINAS) and the Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of the Triângulo Mineiro (IFTM). The results indicate that there is a low female representation in CDs, a reflection of the pressures imposed on women in a patriarchal system. One can also see the fragmentation of the work, more specifically from the gender point of view, which prevents the rise of women in that context. The main barrier pointed out by the interviewees is linked to double and triple working hours, leading them to consider that the limitation is personal and not institutional or structural. The speeches of these women carry traces of a macho, misogynistic and patriarchal culture, reaching the belief that the perspectives presented in this research, from a more conceptual perspective, are unknown to them, since their positions reflect very individualistic positions and are focused on career, in disarray with the proposal discussed in the current feminist “wave” - empowerment, as a collective quest. There is also a lack of knowledge about the influence of patriarchy.