Cláudia Natividade

Resumo Nesse ensaio, objetivamos pensar a pandemia a partir da situacao das mulheres. Para tanto, analisamos o modo como a crise sanitaria aciona teorico-politicamente nocoes sobre a casa e a guerra, tomadas como dispositivos de analise. A casa tenciona fronteiras entre publico e privado, principalmente ao olharmos para a violencia contra mulheres e para o trabalho domestico. A guerra, estrategia que tem sido usada para pensar o combate ao coronavirus, aciona masculinidades afastando as mulheres dos espacos de decisoes politicas para enfrentamento da pandemia, apesar de estarem na linha de frente como trabalhadoras da saude e em outros servicos essenciais. Entretanto, a gramatica belica tambem possibilita a denuncia de ataques as mulheres em tempos de crise. Nos usos destes dispositivos, identificamos modos de direcionar a comocao social e hierarquizar vidas. Atentamos para a importância de transversalizar a perspectiva de genero na construcao de politicas publicas durante e pos-pan...

This article analyzes the relevance ascribed to counseling for HIV prevention by users of a testing service. The study's main theoretical references were the democratization of discourse as proposed by Fairclough and the disciplinary power and confessional techniques analyzed by Foucault. The research was done from November 2005 to March 2006 at an HIV testing and counseling center in Minas Gerais State, Brazil. Thirty-two individuals participated in the study. Techniques included in-depth interviews and an adaptation of the content analysis method, with emphasis on thematic modality. The interpretation of counseling as a "necessary evil" revealed an ambivalent approach (both democratic and coercive), but this ambiguity did not appear problematic. The difficulty lay in constructing models for interaction that prioritized symmetry in the counseling relationship and focused on users' participation as key protagonists in HIV prevention.

This article analyzes the relevance ascribed to counseling for HIV prevention by users of a testing service. The study's main theoretical references were the democratization of discourse as proposed by Fairclough and the disciplinary power and confessional techniques analyzed by Foucault. The research was done from November 2005 to March 2006 at an HIV testing and counseling center in Minas Gerais State, Brazil. Thirty-two individuals participated in the study. Techniques included in-depth interviews and an adaptation of the content analysis method, with emphasis on thematic modality. The interpretation of counseling as a "necessary evil" revealed an ambivalent approach (both democratic and coercive), but this ambiguity did not appear problematic. The difficulty lay in constructing models for interaction that prioritized symmetry in the counseling relationship and focused on users' participation as key protagonists in HIV prevention.