Abstract
Purpose The text is the result of research carried out at undergraduate and post-graduate levels. This think-box corresponds to a collection of ideas and reflections debated in a roundtable that discussed issues related to access and career limitations for women, especially for black women. In this sense, the purpose of this paper is to present, analytically, data that demonstrate the unequal conditions by gender and race. Design/methodology/approach The selected approach was qualitative in a critical perspective. Findings The discussion elicits important social markers to establish difference, and thereby promote exclusion. Reflection on these issues needs to go beyond academic boundaries and reach the business community, perhaps worldwide, sensitizing them to the urgent need to revise biased methods and procedures that are crystallized. It is necessary to create conditions for a more balanced and humane look at women, especially black women. And, in this way ensure fairness in the treatment of people in all aspects, especially in educational spaces and the labor market. Research limitations/implications The difficulty in identifying some systematized data limits the condition of broadening our view to points that have been discussed in the text, such as where are the 6 percent of black executive women. Practical implications It is hoped that this paper may elicit reflections on the current social exclusionary context, and subsidize practices on a more equitable basis observing gender and race. Social implications Socially speaking, it is hoped that this discussion could guide actions to eliminate or reduce the gap, mainly through specific public policies to address the issues of women in Brazil. Originality/value It is the parallel discussion of gender and race in the business sector, where the subjects were scarcely explored, and the critical theory was used as a basis of analysis.
Highlights
The text is the result of research carried out at undergraduate and post-graduate levels
This was shown in a 2017 research by the Institute of Applied Economic Research (IPEA), which points that “in 2015, women’s average total working time was 53.6 hours, while men’s was 46.1 hours.”
When it comes to unpaid activities, “more than 90 percent of women reported doing domestic activities – a proportion that remained almost unchanged over 20 years, as well as that of men.”
Summary
The text is the result of research carried out at undergraduate and post-graduate levels. This was shown in a 2017 research by the Institute of Applied Economic Research (IPEA), which points that “in 2015, women’s average total working time was 53.6 hours, while men’s was 46.1 hours.” When it comes to unpaid activities, “more than 90 percent of women reported doing domestic activities – a proportion that remained almost unchanged over 20 years, as well as that of men (around 50 percent).” In other words, employed women continue to be responsible for the unpaid domestic labor, which leads to the so-called double, or even triple journey.
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