Female gender, historical context and food security/Genero feminino, contexto historico e seguranca alimentar
All societies divide their populations into two social categories according to gender, but beyond the biological question, this division also is due to cultural and historical issues. Inequalities between men and women have been experienced ever since the patriarchal age, and even today, women are d...
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| Published in: | Demetra: Alimentação, Nutrição e Saúde Vol. 11; no. 3; p. 789 |
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| Main Authors: | , , |
| Format: | Journal Article |
| Language: | English |
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Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro- Uerj
01-09-2016
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| Summary: | All societies divide their populations into two social categories according to gender, but beyond the biological question, this division also is due to cultural and historical issues. Inequalities between men and women have been experienced ever since the patriarchal age, and even today, women are discriminated against and face social oppression. Considered as a group vulnerable to food insecurity as a result of biological specificities, women paradoxically play an important role of promoting food security. This study aims to survey the differences between men and women, limited to a historical and cultural context of inequalities, with emphasis on the role of women in promoting food security and nutrition (FSN). Based on the literature review, we could list a few negative points that go against women's role in society, in particular, their function as a subject responsible for ensuring FSN. Therefore, there are still violations of their basic rights, when compared with the opposite sex. Thus, profound changes are needed in society to promote full equality between genders in a broader sense, and a change should start in education. Keywords: Gender. Feminism. Food Safety. Public Health. Todas as sociedades dividem suas populacoes em duas categorias sociais conforme o genero, mas alem da questao biologica, essa divisao tambem se da devido a questoes culturais e historicas. Desigualdades entre homens e mulheres sao vivenciadas desde a era patriarcal, e ate hoje, a mulher e alvo de discriminacao e opressao social. Considerado um grupo vulneravel a inseguranca alimentar, devido a peculiaridades biologicas, paradoxalmente, a mulher e importante promotora de seguranca alimentar. Este estudo visa fazer um levantamento acerca das disparidades existentes entre homens e mulheres, limitado a um contexto historico-cultural de desigualdades, com enfase no papel da mulher como promotora de Seguranca Alimentar e Nutricional (SAN). A partir da analise bibliografica, pode-se elencar alguns pontos negativos que vao de encontro ao papel feminino na sociedade, notadamente, a sua funcao enquanto sujeito responsavel pela garantia da SAN, pois ainda persistem violacoes aos seus direitos basicos, inclusive com relacao ao sexo oposto. Para tanto, fazem-se necessarias modificacoes profundas na sociedade, no sentido de promover a igualdade plena entre os generos em um sentido mais amplo, a comecar por uma mudanca de base educacional. Palavras-chave: Genero. Feminismo. Seguranca Alimentar. Saude Publica. |
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| ISSN: | 2238-913X 2238-913X |
| DOI: | 10.12957/demetra.2016.22511 |