HOMOTRANSFOBIA NO AMBIENTE LABORAL: ASSÉDIO MORAL E PRECARIZAÇÃO DO TRABALHO NO BRASIL

Abstract

The consolidation of capitalism permeated the interdependence between human beings and labor. The exploitation of human productive force in exchange for money has become a guarantee of human subsistence. The consequence of this overvaluation of capital is the degradation of human labor and the extension of abuses against workers. Moral harassment is characterized as one of the facets of work precarization, being translated as a hostile and repetitive conduct that directly affects the mental health of its victims. The work precariousness of LGBTQIAP+ people through moral harassment conducts is still a latent reality in Brazil. These disrespects not only violate the human dignity of these subjects, but also corroborate an oppressive hegemonic discourse that marginalizes them. Based on that, we problematize to what extent bullying practices in the workplace are used as an extension of prejudice and domination structures against the LGBTQIAP+ population and, therefore, as obstacles to the realization of the social value of work. The main objective is to analyze how moral harassment against the LGBTQIAP+ population, besides being one of the corollaries of structural prejudice, also feeds back into it, insofar as it is rooted in symbolic power and continues to restrict the emancipation of the oppressed also through capital. In this opportunity, the effectiveness of the Brazilian legal system in promoting social justice and the right to work for the group is questioned. The study is still limited to the scarcity of research on the theme. The research is documental in nature, based on a literature review and on the investigation of data and experiences of LGBTQIAP+ people in the workplace. The hypothetical-deductive method will be used to interpret the hypotheses and understand the genesis and perpetuation of structural prejudice against this target audience. From these discussions, it can be seen that the practices of moral harassment against LGBTQIAP+ employees are one of the facets of social prejudice that manifests itself in the workplace, but that maintain the main purpose of condemning the experience of non-heterosexualities. Homotransphobia in the labor market is one of the instruments fomenting structural prejudice, used as an expropriator of the social value of work and the dignity of the worker. Intolerance towards this group imposes barriers to access the labor market and to professional ascension, suppressing their patrimonial autonomy and enjoyment of goods and services, relegating them to subalternity.