Violência simbólica

Abstract

Patterns and biotypes were created throughout the building of society, which must be followed by each individual, the man socially seen as the strongest, most capable sex, always ahead of women, even in decisions, in life as a general context family, social institutions, masculinity always tries to impose itself on femininity. Social culture overlaps the masculine with the feminine. The present research aims at precisely studying these categories of attitudes, which are indirect, but they exist, and characterize, what is called symbolic violence, more specifically on board merchant vessels, which are very marked by a male majority universe. Women are standing out all over the world. In addition to being intelligent, courageous, strong and sensitive, they are capable of holding any position. All research will be done through books and articles on the subject, aiming at an objective analysis, about what is symbolic violence and how it manifests itself in the scope of merchant vessels. Since this means is very masculinized, with a certain prejudice, with the feminine presence and mainly in the conquest of positions of leadership and of greater patent like Captain and Chief engineer in this type of activity, facing the challenge to show its strength, daring and firmness in decision-making, which in itself already generates symbolic violence. The work of completing the course is structured in three chapters, presenting in the first the symbolic violence and its definition properly delimiting the gender inequality in the labor market in careers with male concepts imposed by society. In the second chapter, the theme for the merchant world is presented, exposing the subject matter of the maritime industry, the challenges of women belonging to the environment, and the determining characteristics of a gender-neutral leader to achieve managerial positions with a higher level of leadership and responsibility. The third chapter characterizes the basic qualitative interpretative study, with interviews and testimonies of kind of symbolic violence aboard ships.