Instituição familiar e papéis de gênero: uma análise crítica da ausência paterna no desenvolvimento psicossocial de mulheres

Abstract

Father absence is a social problem faced by many people around the world, which consists of the real or symbolic loss of the father figure. constituting itself as a social phenomenon and, in this perspective, the exercise of parenthood in Brazil is a right guaranteed by the Federal Constitution of 1988, however, the breach of this duty is still widely observed. The present study is configured as a bibliographic, descriptive-explanatory essay, when there is a proposal for discussion about the casuistry of the social phenomenon under analysis with a focus on psychosocial criticism, it discusses the family institution and gender roles, when the father is absent as a product of a patriarchal societal organization. It is seen, historically, that the father is attributed the social status of provider and authority and that, despite the various social movements of women's struggles for the end of gender violence and transformation of social roles, even in family configurations, it is still possible identify influences of patriarchy in the conceptions and behaviors of individuals nowadays, such as the phenomenon of father absence, still present, only adapted to new social situations, configuring a difference between genders in the experience of this father absence. The effects of this phenomenon imply consequences in the affective, emotional and social spheres, pointing out common behavior patterns when it comes to individuals who grew up in the face of the absence of a father figure, making possible a relational analysis of functional equivalence with the events experienced in this context. context during its development process.