GENDER ISSUES IN THE WORLD RURAL AND RURAL BRAZILIAN EXTENSION

Abstract

Feminist movements have advanced in the quest for ensuring equal rights of man. However, the biological characteristics of men and women are inherited, while gender differences are socially constructed and therefore may vary in time and space and are subject to change. Considering in rural areas it is observed that the work done by women farmers is not seen, and so little recognized as a job, experiencing different prejudices and this situation extends to the extension of activities in Brazil. Thus, this study analyzed some connections between the feminist movement and the construction of gender category, with an emphasis on rural areas and Brazilian extension. Thus, this study allowed to approach about feminism that is far from a consensus in society as a whole, including in Brazil. The prospects are that magazines are public policies, even though there are still a conflict among rural women and the contemporary rural world, needing a breakthrough in the discussions of the agricultural extension and rural development.