Profissões sociais e género: perspectivas em torno do debate sobre serviço social e profissões femininas

This communication presents, in an exploratory approach, some of the most suggestive theoretical perspectives for the analysis of Social Work profession as a female profession. Essentially the paper explores some theoretical thoughts that suggest gender stereotypes are relevant to analyse Social Work, as a profession strongly marked by gender differentiation in its history and status. Issues that present themselves relevant to understanding the profession its self, and in the context of social professions reconfiguration that are occurring nowadays.