A “masculinização” da produção de leite
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The strengthening of social organizations that made it possible for
dairy production to become a market-driven activity has brought about deep
changes in the sexual division of labour. The sociological analysis of the changes in
family-farming intra-household roles shows that cultural traditions,
gender-related power gaps, and social contexts that further deepen differences in
market access between men and women are the social and cultural foundations of a
hierarchy structured according to sex and generation, where women, especially
the youngest, occupy greatly disadvantageous positions. With the strengthening
of cooperatives, dairy production began to occupy a rather important role in
providing resources to the household, yet the control over the activity shifted to
men. This was an unexpected outcome of how the organizations conducted the
process of modernizing the production and restructuring the markets, which
further reinforced male control over the household production and increased the
gender gap with regard to access to resources.