A luta pelo reconhecimento do trabalho doméstico no Brasil: gênero, raça, classe e colonialidade

Abstract

This study analyzes the trajectory of work the housekeepers in Brazil from the perspective of Axel Honneth's struggles for recognition. It begins with the question: Why did housekeepers take so long to achieve basic rights and why do they remain, so far, without full equality in relation to other workers? They are identified with care and there is a centrality to human existence. The concepts of sexual and racial division of work, production and reproduction, time poverty are presented, in addition to revealing the economic dimension of care. A study on gender, race and class is carried out, demonstrating the incidence of such narratives on the worker's body and the importance of intersectionality as an analytical tool. The work is made with the legislative regulation of domestic work, the struggles for recognition and the degree of legal protection applied to the category. The research is eminently qualitative. As for the purpose, it is classified as exploratory and explanatory. The theoretical contribution is interdisciplinary. Bibliographic, documental, legislative and jurisprudential sources were used. Its importance is in the intersectional approach to domestic work, which allows a comprehensive look at the institute, contributing to fill a gap in the legal literature, since most bibliographic production in this area is limited just to commenting on the legislation. The conclusions point to the fact that full recognition encounters structural obstacles, bumping into sexism, racism and class discrimination, and that such structures not only influence work law, but are present in its own constitution. The historical legal discrimination suffered by housekeepers challenges the social and protective nature attributed to this right, questioning its purposes and the real scope of its provisions and principles.