A mulher no direito brasileiro

Abstract

The present work aims to expose and discuss the issue of stigma against women in the Brazilian penal system, which is permeated by a punitive logic, aimed at the preservation of inequalities. Thus, an analysis was carried out regarding the attribution of the social role of women and its consequences, mainly regarding gender violence, which ends up being disseminated, including by the performance of police and legal bodies as a means of maintaining the dominant discourse, giving rise to the reinforcement of female stigma and the demand for greater protection for women's lives. It was found that, in order to maintain the status quo, the legal system reproduces racism and sexism, so that it assigns a greater burden of unworthiness to the life of racialized women, and plays an important role in the control and by the Maria da Penha law. The growing number of femicides in Brazil, in addition to gender inequality, demonstrates that the inclusion of the category in our Penal Code is not enough to promote gender equality by itself, so it is necessary to adopt measures to combat femicide. gender violence outside the penal system, but it cannot be ignored that it enables greater mobilization to combat the problem, as it gives it recognition.