SOLO MOTHERHOOD AS A RISK EXPERIENCE IN THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC-ANALYSIS IN LIGHT OF THE MIRTES-MIGUEL CASE

Abstract

Objective: To understand, in the light of the Mirtes-Miguel case, the experience of solo motherhood in the Pandemic context of COVID-19, under the spectrum of the dimensions of gender, race, class and Intersectionalities. Methods: The methodology used in this research is the Integrative Bibliographical Review. This is a descriptive-exploratory study, of qualitative approach, with the integration of bibliographic and documental sources (reports published between the months of June 2020 and March 2021). The analysis was based on the references of Critical Social Psychology, in dialogue with the field of Collective Health and Gender, Race and Class studies. Results: According to the authors, structuring systems responsible for inequalities, constructed on the basis of sexism, racism and classism, largely determine the experience of solo motherhood, because this context is frequent in the reality of many poor black women. Moreover, the capitalist mode of production also collaborates to the naturalization and maintenance of these inequalities, since it depends on the exploitation of the labor force of the less favored. In the analysis of the Mirtes-Miguel case, these aspects sharpened to the point of fatality, since the pandemic context of COVID-19 exacerbated Mirtes' labor exploitation, to the detriment of protecting herself and her child. Conclusion: According to the results of the analyses, the pandemic of COVID-19 causes changes in several areas, reverberating in the worsening of the set of vulnerabilities to which solo mothers are exposed in today's social organization. The Mirtes-Miguel case is representative of this reality.