Debate público, desigualdades e relações de poder: análise da PEC das domésticas a partir dos jornais O Liberal e Diário do Pará

Abstract

The present research analyzes the contents of the two main newspapers printed in Pará - Diário do Pará and O Liberal - in what concerns to the Proposal for Constitutional Amendment 66/2012, the "PEC das Domésticas", which expanded workers' rights as of 2013, with its promulgation. The investigation sought to apprehend the approach of the local journalistic media on the subject, as well as the public debate generated in the media and finally, the power relations and recognition of the profession, formed mostly by black poor women. The debate on the "PEC das Domésticas" is controversial because it assigns rights to a socially marginalized group, in addition to being a topic that has not been studied much in Pará. Based on an analysis of the contents of newspapers that were collected in the digital version of the editions from 2013 to 2015 (which goes from the approval of the PEC to the regulation of Complementary Law 150) we seek to understand what are the speeches on the theme through the following categories of analysis: 1) The positioning of bosses and domestic workers, in which we analyze the place of speech of female workers, employers, gender inequalities and the power relations exposed in the media coverage, and 2) The rights within "PEC das Domésticas", which exposes social inequalities and the conquest of rights as a milestone to achieve emancipation and recognition of these women. The research showed that the voice of domestic workers, as well as some inherent rights to women, were hidden from the agenda of media discussions, which, in general, emphasized the interests of employers.