Directions of Seized Work by Means of Highlights Events in path of Prostitute Women

Authors

  • Késia Aparecida Teixeira Silva Universidade Federal de Lavras
  • Mônica Carvalho Alves Cappelle Universidade Federal de Lavras (UFLA)

Keywords:

Work. Subjective senses. Women Prostitutes. Gender Relations. Prostitution.

Abstract

The work, which was once seen only as a mean of survival and accumulation of wealth, has become one of the major dimensions of human life, causing individuals to be identified through the activities they perform. Thus, the work took on a new meaning for individuals, since personal fulfillment is closely related to its recognition in society. Several studies have addressed the work through the senses that workers attach to the activities they carry out, as is the case of the present research that investigates the sense produced by a category distant of formal professions: prostitutes. To that end, the objective is to capture the subjective senses produced by women working in prostitution in nightclubs in Minas Gerais. For this, was sought, in the first place, to contextualize prostitution as a profession, unravel the trajectory of participants and their inclusion in this activity, and raise the subjective senses related to work in prostitution. Participated in the survey six prostitutes who work in nightclubs. The data collection was performed through an interview focusing specifically on a remarkable fact in the professional career of these women. Was opted for the qualitative study based on Qualitative Epistemology (Rey, 2005) and analyzes were based by the comprehension of subjective sense.The author argues that between thought and language, exists the emotion, and therefore not always subjective senses can be captured in the subject's direct expressions. Finally, was seized subjective senses related to work in prostitution that relate to violence, abortion, abandonment, mistrust, prejudice, discrimination, humiliation, fear, insecurity and loneliness. The analysis of subjective senses of prostitutes about their work proved timely for understanding important aspects of the relationship between the research participants and the senses they attach to their work and made it possible to show that the relations in the work are permeated by countless others that occur in other social spaces of subjects' activity.

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Author Biographies

Késia Aparecida Teixeira Silva, Universidade Federal de Lavras

Doutoranda do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Administração (PPGA) da Universidade Federal de Lavras (UFLA); Professora da Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais (PUC Minas-Campus Arcos); Possui interesses de pesquisas na área de Estudos Organizacionais.

Mônica Carvalho Alves Cappelle, Universidade Federal de Lavras (UFLA)

Doutora em Administração pelo Centro de Pós-Graduação e Pesquisas em Administração da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG). Professora do Departamento de Administração e Economia da Universidade Federal de Lavras (Ufla).

Published

2015-12-16

Issue

Section

Thematic Special Forum about Construction of the Course in Working Life and its Multiple Dimensions