Being or becoming a woman

the female position in society

Abstract

It is undeniable that the stereotype about the female figure in the social context is permeated by repressive and normative patterns, which restrict women’s freedom and further reinforce the already existing inequality between the male and female genders. Thinking about it, this article aims to bring together the short stories “I love my husband” by Nélida Piñon and “Amor”, by Clarice Lispector. The intention is to identify how the figure of the woman is represented in these tales, recognizing similarities and differences of these presentations. For this, authors such as Beauvoir, Funk, Bordieu and Saffioti, among others, were used.