“Woman doesn't fit in a box”

Troubleshooting machine and femininity from the music “Perfeitinha”

Abstract

Feminisms encompass different aspects, but in general, they constitute a movement that claims gender equity, based on the struggle for women's social and political rights. In this study, we assume the femininity category as the multiple ways of becoming a woman, covering different identities/differences, dimensions and social markers. This study is part of a more comprehensive qualitative research carried out in three Basic Education schools in a municipality in Cariri, Ceará, which aimed to analyze the narratives of young/women students about feminisms and femininities in the school context. The investigative procedures involved conducting a semi-structured interview, based on the problematization of the song “Perfeitinha”, through Foucauldian discourse analysis. In view of the analyses, it was possible to perceive that macho culture reflects in society and in different cultural artifacts, including in country music where they are manifested more explicitly. In this way, we highlight the need to incorporate, in a continuous and systematic way, the themes of gender, feminism and femininity in school and academic curricula, so that we can rethink education from a queer approach.