The (In)visibility of motherhood in São Paulo curriculum documents: an analysis using the IRaMuTeQ software

The research in this paper aims to investigate the representation of motherhood in curriculum documents, focusing on science and math classes. Methodologically, the IRaMuTeQ software enabled a detailed analysis of language patterns for the lexical and grammatical analysis of curriculum texts for Early Childhood Education, Elementary, Middle and High School, identifying recurring terms and their association with biological and reproductive concepts. The results show a predominance of a reductionist view of motherhood, confined to the biological field, in which the female body is addressed almost exclusively in reproductive terms. In relation to Mathematics, the absence of direct references to motherhood or parental care is notable, suggesting an invisibility of these themes in areas traditionally considered gender-neutral.