Women's Things?: a study on market myths and the resignification of consumption practices in household chores
Gender; Household chores; Consumption; Decision-Making Process
This research proposal is to understand how the naturalization of the female social role is permeated and resignified through market myths. For this purpose, a qualitative study will be carried out, in which in-depth interviews and netnography will be used, having as an empirical context the household chores performed by women, who perform practices that are not part of the market myths. How domestic work is naturally delegated, especially to women, sustains the inequality of gender roles distributed in society. According to this perspective, the research aims to emerge a reflection on gender in consumption – a development theme that is fragmented in consumer studies and with considerable space for reflections and contributions. Thus, we seek to broaden discussions on the role of gender in the dynamics of consumption practices, as well as its decision-making process.