As publicações do setor de gênero do MST e as vivências de mulheres Sem Terra : reflexões sobre desrespeito, reconhecimento e autonomia

Abstract

In the early years of the MST foundation, women organized themselves into a collective to claim their political participation in the struggle for agrarian reform. The collective of women was expanding and gained the status of National Gender Sector, responsible for formulating and systematizing discussions regarding the situation of women in society and in the MST, so their publications express theoretically the demands and aspirations of women of the Movement. On the other hand, in their daily lives, women Landless also interpret experienced gender relations within the MST, making it important to listen to them. In the first chapter we present three approaches to thinking about women's issue: equality, difference and autonomy; we assume the theory of recognition of Axel Honneth as interpretive lens investigated reality. The second chapter is dedicated to the MST Gender Sector, its appearance and the way it discusses the asymmetries between the genders, evidenced in seven publications between 1988 and 2015. In our third chapter we analyze the interviews with women Landless, articulating their experiences with the principles of autonomy and recognition, and its denial, disrespect. In the final considerations we reflect on these two forms of women's struggle expression: one theoretical and one practical.