“Olha aqui o que eu tenho pra ti’: percepções sobre a violência conjugal a partir de Pelotas/RS

Abstract

Violence against women is a public and structural problem that affects society in many ways. Public policies and laws in force in Brazil are unable to stop the constant increase in the number of cases. Such violence is a violation of human rights and causes physical and psychological damage, if not death. This research focused on conjugal violence, understanding the relevance of the topic and the high incidence of this type of violence, analyzing the documents produced by the Women's Defense Police Station of Pelotas/RS, between March and June 2019 and in the same period of 2020 , relating to reports of gender violence, prioritizing conjugal violence. Paying attention to issues related to the global situation experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic period, the research sought to observe how this context may have further worsened the conditions of women in situations of domestic violence. This research reflects on the social constructions of masculinity and femininity, the study discusses how these roles are socially formatted, what power games are involved and what are the goals of perpetuating this dichotomy, as well as the consequences of these forms of socialization. Based on micro biographies of some authors of record, I sought to qualify and deepen the data, contemplating in a more personalized way, exemplary cases that raise reflections and intersectional analyses. I am referring to white, non-white, disabled, older or very young women. The results highlight: 1. The continuous increase in the number of conjugal violence; 2. The feeling of non-belonging of minority groups, such as black women and LGBTQIA+ to security and justice institutions; 3. The lack of public policies that effectively protect women victims of violence; 4. The naturalization of violence constituted generationally through pedagogies of cruelty and exposure to violence in everyday life. The knowledge produced in this research is guided by a decolonial feminist perspective, rejecting the dominant conceptions produced by the logic of modernity and coloniality.