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Telework and women’s perceptions on the right to disconnect: An exploratory stu...
Rebelo, G.; Delaunay, C.; Diamantino, M. F.; Almeida, A. R.Working in the digital age requires a discussion on the right to disconnect. Although it has previously been studied in association with the digital transition movement, the “right to disconnect” has gained relevance in a context of mandatory teleworking due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This situation has led some countries to legislate on the subject, notably Portugal, where the right to disconnect has been enshr...
Women’s perceptions of discrimination at work: Gender stereotypes and overtime—...
Rebelo, G.; Delaunay, C.; Martins, A.; Diamantino, M. F.; Almeida, A. R.The aim of this study is to identify women’s perceptions of the main reasons for discrimination at work. Furthermore, the aim is to analyse the effects of public working time policies on gender equality and their impact on discrimination at work and on women’s career paths. This article presents a framework for the topic through an analysis of documents and literature, as well as an exploratory study carried ou...
(De)Bonding with embryos: The emotional choreographies of Portuguese IVF patients
Delaunay, C.; Gouveia, L.; Santos, M.; Morais, R.In this article we develop the new concept of emotional choreography to describe how patients bond, debond and/or rebond with their embryos created in vitro using assisted reproductive technologies (ART). Using this concept, we explore how the patients' management of their own emotions intertwines with political, scientific, and religious factors. Our analysis relies on and further advances Thompson's concepts ...
In-vitro metaphors: ART beneficiaries’ meaning-making about human embryos in th...
Delaunay, C.; Santos, M.; Gouveia, L.This article proposes a metaphorical approach to the meaning-making of Portuguese assisted reproductive technology (ART) beneficiaries about human embryos created in vitro, based on the analysis of 30 in-depth interviews. This article draws from an ongoing research project on expert and lay definitions of human embryos developed in vitro, both in ART and scientific research. Four metaphors were identified in pa...
Invisible vulnerabilities: ethical, practical and methodological dilemmas in co...
Delaunay, C.; Augusto, A.; Santos, M.The burden of deciding the fate of the supernumerary human embryo created in vitro in the context of Assisted Reproductive Technologies rests on the beneficiary couples or individuals who conceived the parental project. The beneficiaries must also take on the responsibility of choosing whether to donate surplus embryos either to others or to scientific research, or to request their destruction. Vulnerable being...
Encontros em Coimbra - Os dilemas da participação.
Resende, José Manuel; Xavier, B.; Delaunay, C.; Dionisio, B.M.; Caetano, P.; Gouveia, L.; VIcente, I.P.; Beirante, D.Encontros em Coimbra - Os dilemas da participação.