Gender-based Political Violence
an analysis of the typology from the political experience of Brazilian parliamentarians
political violence; symbolic violence; typology of violence; gender; identity; citizenship; democracy; power; public sphere; citizenship, territory.
This dissertation analyzes the “Violence against Women In Politics” typology in the Brazilian context. The term was coined in international literature, outlined and categorized in Latin America to define gender-based violence against candidates or elected persons. Inserted in the studies on representation, inclusion and democracy, the research proposes to locate, from the narratives of Brazilian parliamentarians, the concept that was previously defined by researchers, by treaties and laws of other countries as gender-based political violence of gender / political violence against women. The objective of this research is to contribute to studies on gender and political participation through the analysis of the typology of “Gender-Based Political Violence” with attention to local specificities, in the Brazilian context. The study was carried out through documentary research and interviews with 11 Brazilian politicians, all of them in office as federal deputies. Based on the exchanges established during interviews, I propose that international categories need adaptation or expansion in Brazil, and that a new type of conceiving political gender violence is fundamental for understanding the Brazilian context: territorial violence. For this, the intersectionality of political violence in Brazil is the central point in approaching the theme, as an important practical and analytical tool to understand how the different axes of structural oppression are related: gender, race, ethnicity and sexuality.