The Feminine Condition and Women's Sexual and Reproductive Health in Brazil and France
IntroductionElements mark the reality of reading the female body in symbolic constructions and social symbols in the exercise of their reproductive health. The study aims to identify elements that characterize the female condition while analyzing the reproductive health of Brazilian and French women...
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| description | IntroductionElements mark the reality of reading the female body in symbolic constructions and social symbols in the exercise of their reproductive health. The study aims to identify elements that characterize the female condition while analyzing the reproductive health of Brazilian and French women.Materials and MethodsA qualitative, multicenter, international study was conducted in Brazil and in France between 2016 and 2019. Data were produced through the use of semi-structured scripts. Focus group discussions and individual interviews were conducted with women who gave birth, hetero-female couples who lived the experience of gestation and birth of a baby, and professionals of maternal and childcare services or members of the associations concerned with the health of mothers and babies. It was guided by the theoretical-methodological framework of institutional analysis in line with the French Institutional Socioclinics.ResultsSexual and reproductive health in the realities researched in Brazil and France are sometimes close and sometimes far apart. In what involves the Brazilian health system, abortion is criminalized and often performed illegally. Furthermore, pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period are highly medicalized. In addition, childbirth is not assured as an experience for a woman and her family. This aspect is confirmed by high numbers of cesarean sections performed or by maternal and infant mortality indicators. The French health system prioritizes vaginal deliveries and seems to assure more autonomy to women, but at the same time, it is worn out by the logic of profit, the efficiency of actions, and the rationalization of practices. In association with these, there are other intrinsic elements in the functioning of the institution that delineates the format of each country: notion of women's rights, violence against women, and discussion regarding the oppression markers of race, gender, sexuality, and social class.ConclusionsBoth countries reveal aspects related to the social role of women's bodies. The established logic reflects in the decision to have children, motherhood, women's autonomy over their own bodies, and in the core values linked to the termination of pregnancy and the professional practices developed in prenatal care, childbirth, and postpartum. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4245fce22c5142d1b31f19739c5d13b72022-12-22T02:56:52ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782022-05-011310.3389/fpsyg.2022.862431862431The Feminine Condition and Women's Sexual and Reproductive Health in Brazil and FranceSimone Santana da Silva0Simone Santana da Silva1Cinira Magali Fortuna2Gilles Monceau3Marguerite Soulière4Anne Pilotti5Department of Ed2ucation, State of Bahia University, Senhor do Bonfim, BrazilRibeirão Preto College of Nursing, Universityof São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, BrazilRibeirão Preto College of Nursing, Universityof São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, BrazilLaboratoire École, Mutations, Apprentissages (EMA), CY Cergy Paris Université, Cergy, FranceFaculty of Social Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, CanadaLaboratoire École, Mutations, Apprentissages (EMA), CY Cergy Paris Université, Cergy, FranceIntroductionElements mark the reality of reading the female body in symbolic constructions and social symbols in the exercise of their reproductive health. The study aims to identify elements that characterize the female condition while analyzing the reproductive health of Brazilian and French women.Materials and MethodsA qualitative, multicenter, international study was conducted in Brazil and in France between 2016 and 2019. Data were produced through the use of semi-structured scripts. Focus group discussions and individual interviews were conducted with women who gave birth, hetero-female couples who lived the experience of gestation and birth of a baby, and professionals of maternal and childcare services or members of the associations concerned with the health of mothers and babies. It was guided by the theoretical-methodological framework of institutional analysis in line with the French Institutional Socioclinics.ResultsSexual and reproductive health in the realities researched in Brazil and France are sometimes close and sometimes far apart. In what involves the Brazilian health system, abortion is criminalized and often performed illegally. Furthermore, pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period are highly medicalized. In addition, childbirth is not assured as an experience for a woman and her family. This aspect is confirmed by high numbers of cesarean sections performed or by maternal and infant mortality indicators. The French health system prioritizes vaginal deliveries and seems to assure more autonomy to women, but at the same time, it is worn out by the logic of profit, the efficiency of actions, and the rationalization of practices. In association with these, there are other intrinsic elements in the functioning of the institution that delineates the format of each country: notion of women's rights, violence against women, and discussion regarding the oppression markers of race, gender, sexuality, and social class.ConclusionsBoth countries reveal aspects related to the social role of women's bodies. The established logic reflects in the decision to have children, motherhood, women's autonomy over their own bodies, and in the core values linked to the termination of pregnancy and the professional practices developed in prenatal care, childbirth, and postpartum.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.862431/fullsexual and reproductive healthwomen's rightsparturitionpublic healthgender |
| spellingShingle | Simone Santana da Silva Simone Santana da Silva Cinira Magali Fortuna Gilles Monceau Marguerite Soulière Anne Pilotti The Feminine Condition and Women's Sexual and Reproductive Health in Brazil and France Frontiers in Psychology sexual and reproductive health women's rights parturition public health gender |
| title | The Feminine Condition and Women's Sexual and Reproductive Health in Brazil and France |
| title_full | The Feminine Condition and Women's Sexual and Reproductive Health in Brazil and France |
| title_fullStr | The Feminine Condition and Women's Sexual and Reproductive Health in Brazil and France |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Feminine Condition and Women's Sexual and Reproductive Health in Brazil and France |
| title_short | The Feminine Condition and Women's Sexual and Reproductive Health in Brazil and France |
| title_sort | feminine condition and women s sexual and reproductive health in brazil and france |
| topic | sexual and reproductive health women's rights parturition public health gender |
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