A divisão sexual do trabalho em um frigorífico de Nova Olinda, TO: um olhar sob a dupla jornada de trabalho feminina.

Abstract

This research is the result of an effort at what has been presented, in recent years, forthe inclusion of women in the labor market and the prejudices against them, just because they are women. In this context, our work privilege on a group of eleven (11) women who have double shifts: at home and in a refrigerator located in a rural area of the municipality of Nova Olinda, in the northern state of Tocantins. Throughout history we can see the women's struggle to achieve their rights in this way was made a research on the existing gender division, the economic participation of women and the changes that took place in families following the departure of these women to the labor market. With the analysis of the survey results, it could be seen that the participation of women support the family is quite significant because in many cases they are the maintainers of the house. To get information was used structured interviews to not lose focus of the work. And to complement the analysis was used as the theoretical framework authors who work with these issues, such as: Swan (2012), Moreno and Viudes (2012), Duarte (2008) among others.