CONSTRUCTION OF THE FEMININE AND MASCULINE: UNDERSTANDING OF A NURSING TEAM

Authors

  • Laura Ferreira Cortes UFSM
  • Letícia Becker Vieira UFSM
  • Maria Celeste Landerdahl UFSM
  • Stela Maris de Mello Padoin UFSM

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v16i2.20702

Keywords:

Nursing, Women’s health, Gender, Professional practice.

Abstract

This qualitative research aimed to analyze the construction of the feminine and the masculine in the care process of 13 female members of a nursing team in a teaching hospital. The semi-structured interview and vignette were applied to the health professionals in September and October 2009. From thematic content analysis, it was understood that the health professionals perceive the biological differences between the sexes but, above all, the social construction of the relations between women and men based in culture, in values, attributes and social conventions. They express that social institutions such as the family and the Church are responsible for the production and reproduction of masculinities and femininities. It stands out that the participants, at times, did not relate this comprehension with the concept of gender, reinforcing the emergence of insertion of such content in the processes of care and training.

Author Biographies

Laura Ferreira Cortes, UFSM

Enfermeira, Residente do Programa de Residência Multiprofissional Integrada em Gestão e Atenção Hospitalar no Sistema Público de Saúde. Membro do Núcleo de Estudos sobre Mulheres, Gênero e Políticas Públicas do Dep. Enfermagem da Universidade Federal de Santa Maria – UFSM – RS.

Letícia Becker Vieira, UFSM

Enfermeira. Mestranda do Programa de Pós Graduação em Enfermagem UFSM. Vice líder do Núcleo de Estudos sobre Mulheres, Gênero e Políticas Públicas.

Maria Celeste Landerdahl, UFSM

Enfermeira, Mestre em Enfermagem e professora adjunta da Universidade Federal de Santa Maria. Doutoranda DINTER – Novas Fronteiras – UFSM/ UNIFESP/ UFRJ.  Líder do Núcleo de Estudos sobre Mulheres, Gênero e Políticas Públicas do Dep. Enfermagem da Universidade Federal de Santa Maria – UFSM – RS

Stela Maris de Mello Padoin, UFSM

Doutora em Enfermagem. Docente no Departamento de Enfermagem. Centro de Ciências da Saúde. Universidade Federal de Santa Maria. Santa Maria/ RS. Líder do Grupo de Pesquisa Cuidado à Saúde das pessoas, famílias e sociedade – UFSM.

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Published

2011-06-30

How to Cite

Cortes, L. F., Vieira, L. B., Landerdahl, M. C., & de Mello Padoin, S. M. (2011). CONSTRUCTION OF THE FEMININE AND MASCULINE: UNDERSTANDING OF A NURSING TEAM. Cogitare Enfermagem, 16(2). https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v16i2.20702

Issue

Vol. 16 No. 2 (2011)

Section

Research

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