The Academic Management Division (DGA) of IDE welcomed on April 2, the anthropologist and researcher Mirian Goldenberg, who gave a lecture on body, aging and happiness for female professors of FGV's specialization courses. The lecture was part of the special Professors Training Program (MAT) for International Women's Day.Brazilian women suffer a lot in a culture in which the body is a capital. However, they increasingly feel freer to be different from the standards, to question this culture. I realize that, especially after age 50, women prioritize time, care and pleasure for themselves, and stop worrying about the opinions of others. It is an important and liberating change of focus, said the anthropologist, who is a professor at the Institute of Philosophy and Social Sciences, of Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (IFCS-UFRJ).In Goldenberg's opinion, women still pay a price for choices that contradict social expectations, such as staying single or not having children, but this scenario is apparently changing. Prejudice still exists - I believe it is much higher by the women themselves - but is decreasing, since many women choose not to marry or not to have children, or have children at a later age, she said. The change is happening. What is missing is that those choices are increasingly legitimate in our culture.About the lecture at FGV, Goldenberg emphasized the interest of female professors and the identification with the topics covered. I've loved the experience and the energy of the participants. I feel they understood that many feelings and sufferings they think are unique, are the result of our culture, in which the body - slim, young and sexy - is a capital as well as her husband, family and children.To the economist and professor of MBAs of Rede Management, Myriam Lund, the reflection on generational and cultural differences was a major learning event. Understanding cultural behavior (of students) is of utmost importance to our development and to cope with this new audience of students, which blends different generations and cultures, she said.When coordinating the PAD, I've noticed the professors' motivation to discuss topics that go beyond the way they act in the classroom. Many behavioral issues can be addressed to think about their role in society and as professors. This time, we use this model in the special women's month, but we intend to have other lectures on this topic, said one of DGA's coordinators, Raquel Lenziardi.At the end of the lecture, participants received autographed copies of the book ?A Bela Velhice? (A Beautiful Old Age), authored by Mirian Goldenberg, released by the publishing house Record in 2013.