Violência e Desigualdade de Gênero: a trajetória legislativa e os direitos das mulheres

Abstract

Violence against women carries with it a historical stigma and is so disseminated that it is present in all social classes, ethnic groups, racial groups, cultural segments and creeds that make part of societies. It was possible to observe that, over the years, women have been the main target of all types of violence, what leaves them marks in their bodies and souls which are perpetuated from one generation to another. This dissertation aims to presents the course of national and international legislation as regards to women's rights to a life without violence and analyzes the phenomenon of violence against women in its varied forms and modalities, which led to necessity of specific legislation in Brazil which aim to prevent, restrain and eradicate violence against women, as well as to ratify equality among all, without any distinction on the basis of gender. The focus of the analysis will be to investigate the applicability and effectiveness of the law 11,340/2006, known as Maria da Pena Law, and the law 13,104/2015, known as Feminicide Law, both typify and create mechanisms to protect women as well as more severe punishment to the perpetrators. Therefore, we propose to investigate the relationship between the perpetuation of violence against woman and the gender inequality, as a reflection of male domination, due to the predominance of the patriarchal system. For the development of the dissertation we performed a bibliographical and documentary research, through the qualitative method, by mean of structured interviews, performed by professionals who work attending victims of domestic violence in the city of Montes Claros / MG. The conclusions point to the influence of issues that pass through gender inequality within the cycle of violence against a woman.