A misoginia presente na classe média e sua influência nas políticas públicas de combate à violência sexual contra meninas no Brasil.

Abstract

This dissertation addresses the practice of sexual violence against girls in the Brazilian contemporary context. With the rise in occurrences of sexual violence in recent years, particularly following crises such as the Covid-19 pandemic, it has been observed that the most frequent victims are female Black children and adolescents. Furthermore, violence does not exist in isolation; rather, it is a social product present in the dynamics of gender, race, and class, which together explain how these phenomena give rise to the hierarchical sexual behaviors that girls are subjected to. The adult-centric and heteronormative frameworks that dominate the social environment create a wave of violence that forces girls to experience oppression from a young age, leading to what is referred to as generational violence that affects individuals in specific developmental stages. Since the enactment of the Constitution of the Federative Republic of Brazil in 1988 and the Statute of the Child and Adolescent in 1990, there has been an effort to promote comprehensive protection for children and adolescents, with absolute priority given to the development of public policies. In this sense, the research questions: how does the rationality of the middle class influence public policies aimed at combating sexual violence against girls in Brazil? The general objective of the research is to analyze the influence of misogyny present in the middle class on public policies to combat sexual violence against girls in Brazil. The specific objectives are: i) to contextualize the traditional symbolic gender violence perpetuated by the capitalist elite in a generational manner; ii) to present legal protection instruments for girls against gender-based sexual violence within the Child and Adolescent Rights Guarantee System (SGDCA) and; iii) to identify public policies addressing the fight against sexual violence against girls and Brazil’s internacional repercussions in thia confrontation. The hypothesis is that the dominant interests of the Brazilian middle class have silenced and rendered invisible the demands of minority groups, particularly girls, who, faced with significant budget cuts for public policies, have undergone extensive material precarization that further vulnerabilizes them within a complex of structural inequalities related to gender, race, and class, having repercussions on Brazil’s poor performance in combating sexual violence agaist girls in accordance withthe parameters of Sustainable Development Goal no. 5 of the Organization of United Naciona (UN). For the development of the research, a deductive approach and bibliographic and documentary research techniques were adopted. The work aligns with the research of Public Policies for Social Inclusion in the Graduate Program for Master's and Doctorate in Law at the University of Santa Cruz do Sul, directly linking to the research conducted by the supervising professor. The topic is relevant because gender inequality is a widespread issue in society that affects children and adolescents from an early age, manifesting even in the form of physical violence. Ultimately, it was found that class-based misogyny is present in the main spheres of society, influencing political decisions and, consequently, hindering the confrontation of generational gender-based sexual violence against girls in Brazil.