A mulher no home office em tempos de Covid-19

Abstract

This article aims to address how the work of women in home office was done during the Covid-19 pandemic, through a sociological analysis. It aims to present a brief historical account of how women were introduced into the labor market around the world, as well as the positive and negative aspects that were perceived by women during the most critical phase of the pandemic. It also briefly demonstrates the division of domestic chores performed by women workers who share the space of the home with their husband or partner, not forgetting to note that there was a need to adapt the domestic routine, since at that time, several tasks were performed by women at the same time, either working, taking care of the house, the husband, the children, who were also at home so that they would not be exposed to the virus, and even in some homes, there was the care of pets. We also analyze the problems involved in reconciling the home office with other tasks and the physical and psychological effects of this pandemic period. These effects were also felt by single women without children, since they faced the same work routine. It is also presented some of the increase in domestic violence due to the fact that women at risk needed to stay in the same environment with abusive partners, which propitiated this increase. Even with the historical advance of legislation that sought to equalize women's work with men's, regarding the wage gap, the pandemic demonstrated the need for better legal support for working women in Brazil. The methodology used in the present article was the deductive approach, through the historical procedure and using as technique the bibliographic and documental research, besides the analysis of statistical data.