Tornar-se mulher e mãe : um olhar fenomenológico existencial

Abstract

The aim of this study was to understand and broaden the perspective regarding the experience of women as they become mothers and enter a new world, shedding light on relevant aspects for such understanding. This quest involves an understanding of the constant movement of women as they become mothers under the lens of existential phenomenology, encompassing oppressive cultural movements that flatten their existence, and providing insights for this research. Initially, the study was guided by an exploration of existence based on the existential phenomenology of Martin Heidegger, as well as authors in phenomenological-existential psychology, considering the human being as an existential openness and the woman as a presence in her own life, revealing herself to herself and constantly becoming a woman. This perspective is used to develop a line of thought about what it means to be a woman from this approach, extending the focus to include the woman and her environment, such as the culture in which she is embedded, the historical and contemporary ways of seeing her, and finally, the process of becoming a mother as perceived by existential phenomenology. This constant movement of becoming is seen as a process of self-relation, relating to others and to the world..