Terapia ocupacional e feminismos: produções latino-americanas

Abstract

The second wave of feminism in the US was one of the most important movements that supported the foundation of Occupational Therapy, however the expansion of Occupational Therapy and the official history of the profession made this process invisible. Recently, different expressions of feminism have been more present in debates within the profession. This article presents literature review research carried out in the CAPES Journal Portal and in Latin American Occupational Therapy journals, using the terms "Occupational Therapy" and "Feminism" in order to survey and synthesize the results of several primary studies within the theme. Twenty-seven scientific productions were found, 9 of which were inserted, according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria. The selected texts address themes about and related to feminisms such as: machismo, sexism, binary division of the body and gender, occupations imposed on gender and historical processes that cross feminism with Occupational Therapy in a context of development of the profession. Occupational Therapy engaged with social transformation must seek to break with hegemonic patterns of domination and submission. Therefore, it must be active and conscious promoting breaks in these processes and fights for diversities in different dimensions, and in relation to gender, as well as dissident identities, it is necessary to strengthen and collectivity in favor of a society that is more possible for all people in equity.