Gênero, música e pandemia: desigualdades e resistências de mulheres musicistas

Abstract

This paper proposes reflections on the place of women in music crossed by the context of the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil. We observed that gender inequality is intersected by several issues related to the place of women in the organization of our society based on patriarchy. According to the Pan American Health Organization, the COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately impacted women in the Americas, contributing to the increase in gender inequality in health, considered by the World Health Organization as one of the social determinants of the process of illness and death among women. Thus, the objective of this study is to discuss the repercussions of the coronavirus pandemic for women musicians. Therefore, this dissertation was organized into three articles/chapters. The first is a scoping review that presents publications on the correlation between women and the COVID-19 pandemic, revealing the aspects already studied of gender inequality that affects women and revealing gaps for future research, such as the lack of studies that deal with the field of Culture. The second article presents an analysis of two documentaries produced during the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil, in which it is possible to identify the difficulties encountered by female musicians in a misogynistic musical scenario that is evident in the audiovisual records. The third article presents an interview with a musician from Belo Horizonte, demonstrating the intersections between gender, music, work and the pandemic. The bibliographic reference included scientific articles and books based on feminist studies, research and reports on gender and health and gender inequality in the field of Music, as well as legislation concerning women's rights and regulations for public policies in the field of Culture. The research developed here indicates the need for studies that focus on the relationship between gender inequality in the field of Music in conjunction with issues that permeate society, such as the context of the COVID-19 Pandemic. It is necessary to promote intersectoral actions, encompassing various areas of society, in order to favor the construction of a society that values women's musical production, with actions that enable the mitigation of gender inequality in this work environment.