Mulheres e violência no trabalho: um estudo a partir da realidade das trabalhadoras do comércio em Tocantinópolis.

Abstract

This work is the result of a research carried out in the city of Tocantinópolis, located in the North of the State of Tocantins, central region of Brazil in geographic aspects, its main objective is to analyze the violence / s suffered by the women workers of the trade formal in his work activity in the municipality of Tocantinópolis (TO). For that, it was necessary to weave a discussion about the history of work and the female participation in it, then weave historical and social aspects of the research field, and finally, analysis of the data collected. For data collection, semi-structured interviews were used based on a questionnaire aimed at identifying such violence. In the analysis of the data, a qualitative analysis was sought from authors of sociology and authors who study about gender violence. The research result indicated by realizing that this environment is an unhealthy environment, and that some women, despite being inside this environment, cannot see the violence they suffer, they cannot see that despite being a co-worker, sometimes a joke, is a sign of violence. This needs to be changed, awareness policies need to be built. Justifying in this way the importance of this research and more research like this.