Table 3 Analysis of the Discourse of the Collective Subject in relation to situations in which the researcher felt disadvantaged or prejudiced because she was a woman during fieldwork in ethnobiology/ethnoecology
From: The role of women in Brazilian ethnobiology: challenges and perspectives
Key expressions | Main idea |
|---|---|
“Situations where it was just me as a woman and I felt insecure or scared… Once while I was working, I suffered a persecution… I do not recommend being alone in field work.” | Insecurity |
“In the communities where I worked women do not make decisions…” | Lack of female autonomy in the community |
“It is impossible to accompany a fishing expedition that is carried out solely by men… You cannot be on board to see interactions of fishing with dolphins.” | Lack of researcher autonomy |
“In activities of greater physical effort, we always depended on a man to help us… I had problems with this.” | Physical inferiority |
“One of the participants refused to tell me the use of a plant, but said quietly in the ear of my colleague who was a man…” | Data reliability |