Feminicídio: Aspectos sócio-históricos e jurídicos da violência doméstica contra a mulher no Brasil

Abstract

The present work brings in its core historical and social aspects of domestic violence Against women in Brazil, highlighting the debate about femicide, a multifaceted phenomenon whose structural root reveals itself in the historically constructed gender inequality, as well as in the patriarchal gender system. inscribed in the scope of social relations, which establishes the domination of the masculine sex over the feminine. Thus, in order to offer considerations about the crime of femicide, it is essential to conceptualize it in its breadth and point out the different forms of violence against women in the domestic sphere that are present in the daily lives of countless women who experience relationships. abusive, taking into account that the violence occurs in a line of continuity and, many times, will be fatal. It is essential, therefore, to expose the mechanisms used in the fight against this problem, in addition to drawing attention to the role that the State must assume in confronting it.