Hábitos de leitura e o impacto da participação de mulheres em um clube de leitura nas percepções de si e da carreira

Abstract

The present research carried out two studies, study 1 represents an exploratory study, characterized by a brief mapping of the reading habits of university students during the COVID-19 pandemic. Considering the results obtained, Study 2 was carried out, which analyzed the impact of women's participation in a feminist book club on self and career perceptions. University students aged 18 years or older participated in the mapping, from November to January 2020, and a total of 120 responses were obtained. A total of 10 women participated in the reading club, from March to August 2021, aged between 18 and 50 years old, only one of whom was working, and 9 were students at the time of application. An online form on the Google Forms platform (study 1), Sociodemographic Questionnaire, Feminist Identification Questionnaire, Gender Roles Scale and Professional Self-Efficacy Scale (study 2) were used. The results show that there was an increase in the amount of books read during the pandemic and, in relation to gender, women read more books than men. However, they recalled reading about twice as many books written by men as by women during their lifetime. In study 2, there was a significant increase in self-efficacy and a change in the items “self-confident” and “free” of gender roles, however, in relation to feminist identification, it was not possible to deeply interpret the results obtained, due to the high level of initial feminist identification.