The text analyses the work Quadrinhas populares [Popular verses], by Áurea Queiroz, from the perspective of gender. It identifies in the scenes a source of meaning of the feminine, the masculine and the relations between them. In the same way, it provides evidence that in the set of scenes analyzed those that deal with the meanings of love, courtship and marriage in their interfaces with the feminine and the masculine predominate. The meanings attributed to the verbs to court, to love and to marry, now confirm conceptions that became the norm during the first half of the 20th century, now rebut them, pointing to the multifarious nature of gender relationships in the period.
gender; popular verses; love