Advocacia sob uma análise de gênero: um estudo sobre as dificuldades da mulher advogada em Natal/RN

Abstract

This research aims to investigate the possible obstacles and barriers faced by women lawyers who work specifically in the city of Natal / RN, due to their gender. Therefore, there was initially a study on the origin and definition of the term gender, as well as a discussion on gender roles and female identity. Right after, the sexual division of labor was approached and how power relations interfere with the participation of women in the current job market, in addition, a survey is also presented about the historical context of the trajectory of Brazilian and Natal women's advocacy until the present. Subsequently, an empirical research was carried out, which was divided into two stages: the first consisted of collecting information directly from the Brazilian Lawyers Association - Rio Grande do Norte‟s Section (OAB-RN), through an administrative process, where information was requested to support this study. The second phase, in turn, took place with the application of a research questionnaire, specifically applied to Natal lawyers with active registration on OAB / RN, through an online form, aiming to get to know the profile of the professionals interviewed and to collect data about possible obstacles encountered in forensic practice and, therefore, discovering which obstacles are faced by them daily in the profession and whether they suffer discrimination from clients or professional colleagues, so that this topic is increasingly debated and these obstacles are resolved, so that the product from the interviews develop a debate that helps in the women's struggle for the constitutional right to gender equality.