O Corpo como campo de batalha: o avanço do conservadorismo e os impactos nas pautas relacionadas às mulheres no Brasil

Abstract

This paper aims do to discuss the movement towards the advancement of conservative agendas that manifests itself in different spheres of social life, with repercussions on social movements and especially for women and LGBTQIA+ populations. Therefore, this work aims to discuss the context of conservatism advancement in Brazil, understanding which are the reflexes of this process in what concerns to women. To analyze this question we used bibliographic and documental research adopting an orientation from a dialectical materialism perspective. At first, it was necessary to find elements to understand the origins of conservative thought in Brazil, a country whose socio historical formation is marked by the colonization period, which makes until today Brazilian society still fundamentally based on a capitalist-patriarchy-racism system. The elements that are part of conservatism are subsequently discussed, seeking to understand the complexity of this phenomenon through the context in which it emerged from the reactions to the liberal revolutions in Europe, and bringing reflections from authors who demonstrate the specificities that we have in Brazil, bearing in mind its subordinate inclusion on social formation in the monopolized world capital circuit. We also analyze contradictions of brazilian transition to capitalista modernization, which resulted in intensification of right-wing tendencies of conservatism, leading to an approximation to reactionary sectors‘s ideas. It is important to emphasize that the capitalist system, specially in crisis periods, produces and reproduces phenomena such as this one, so the root of the problem is systemic. Finally, we debate women‘s struggles throughout history and how conservative sectors have responded to advances in women‘s rights, indicating data that shows the impacts of conservative agenda for women, focusing on law projects on sexual and reproductive rights, disarticulation of social policies, relaxation of possession and carrying of firearms and its repercussions. It is understood that conservatism has advanced along with neoliberalismo intensification, reducing rights, moralizing debates specially regarding to women‘s freedom, producing and reinforcing hate speech, as well as corroborating postures of violence in society. Therefore, it is importante to emphasize this challenge and the need for articulation between feminist movements and other groups who defend democracy, to build a resistance in order to stop the goups who articulate to ensure the maintenance of status quo, considering that a social transformation is necessary and that the material conditions that produce inequalites must be combated to change the reality.