WOMAN'S PARTICIPATION IN THE LABOR MARKET AND CONSUMER RELATIONS:

contradictions and gender inequalities

Abstract

This article starts from a transdisciplinarity between labor and consumer relations, with references from Sociology, Philosophy, Law, among others. The objective is to analyze the participation of woman in the labor market, including domestic or reproductive work – according to Silvia Federici's thinking –, which mainly overwhelms women, especially black women. In this regard, Federici reveals the sexual division of labor that gave rise to the reproductive work assigned to women. Then, salaried work is observed, in which women are also at a disadvantage, in view of wage, race and gender inequality. In relation to wage inequality, the limitations of the rise of women in the career stand out, with the appearance of the concepts of “glass ceiling” and “sticky floor”. Finally, the work brings labor and consumer categories closer together, involving inequalities that add to those already mentioned, as well as abusive and sexist practices. The work reveals the inequalities, contradictions and discrimination, mainly of gender, that emerge in the contrast between the labor and consumption markets in relation to women, bringing to light the reflection about their hypervulnerability. The methodology used was the transdisciplinary bibliographic research, with the use of recent data.