Violência obstétrica e saúde no contexto de um hospital-escola desde uma perspectiva interseccional

Abstract

This article aims to analyze the meanings of cisgender, white, heterosexual women- mothers about obstetric violence from their experiences as parturients, using as theoretical and methodological reference the feminist gender studies, especially intersectional black feminism. A qualitative research was conducted in a maternity ward of a teaching hospital linked to the Unified Health System( SUS), in which semi- structured interviews were conducted with women- mothers users. This work proposes to discuss how obstetric violence is an expression of violence against women in a society structured by cis- heterornormativity, racism, classism and patriarchy. The results point out that the experiences of the women- mothers interviewed were permeated by the compulsory use of oxytocin, the failure of the health team to welcome, listen to, and recognize the desire and autonomy of women in labor, the failure to offer and apply analgesia during the birth process, among other expressions of obstetric violence. It is considered essential that the issue of sexual and reproductive health be rethought in health training and in spaces for continuing education in health, in order to ensure that people with uterus have the right to experience pregnancy and childbirth with dignity and in a humanized way, as advocated by SUS. For this, it is necessary to consider the intersectional perspective as a strategy for analyzing the effects of oppression and violence that are exercised by health teams with the bodies that give birth, especially black.