The media idyll of contemporary motherhood/mothering:

is being a mother still the fulfillment of femininity?

Resumo

The media was the communicative vehicle that grew the most during these decades, becoming dominant not only in the emission of news, but in the propagation of ideologies, beliefs, customs and values. At the same time, motherhood has been produced as the woman's goal, her life goal and that the meaning of her life is directly proportional to being a mother. However, it is observed that this aspect does not match the objective of all women. Thus, the general objective of this research was to understand the conception of women about motherhood beyond the media idyll present in contemporary times from the perspective of Maurice Merleau-Ponty and as specific objectives: a) to know the conception of motherhood in contemporary media; b) to understand the impacts of the media on motherhood in women who are experiencing, have experienced or have not yet experienced motherhood; c) to develop material to subsidize the follow-up of women regarding motherhood. It is a study under the qualitative bias that used the phenomenological method of research in Psychology. The research instrument was the phenomenological interview that started from a guiding question, presenting its main developments. The analysis of the interviews was through the theoretical framework of Maurice Merleau-Ponty, elaborating two thematic categories: 1) The lived world in the maternal experience: and the Lebenswelt manifests itself; 2) Media and motherhood: idealizations and influences. Therefore, the pluridimensionality of the female gaze under motherhood, being a mother and being a woman in the contemporary media context was understood.