Tabata Amaral: It is, therefore, a dynamic that produces diffuse impacts on the female collective.
Tabata Amaral: and perpetuates structures of exclusion incompatible with the constitutional values of human dignity, equality, and non-discrimination.
In this scenario, the typification of misogyny in the Brazilian legal system, as provided for in Bill No. 896 of 2023, presents itself as an urgent measure to fill protection gaps and to name conduct that precedes and fuels the whole chain of violence against women.
Tabata Amaral: During the public hearings held by the working group, there was a central convergence on the vivid association between hate speech and the denigration of women and the practice of serious crimes, showing that femicide is often a foretold death, preceded by verbal and symbolic violence.
Tabata Amaral: Another point debated was the need for an intersectional approach, recognizing that Black, Indigenous, and disabled women face aggravated vulnerabilities, being victims of even more cruel forms of aggression and institutional invisibility.