#MeToo, feminism and femicide in Brazil. Issue 3 (1st November 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Paiva, Raquel
• Is Part Of: Interactions. Volume 10:Issue 3(2019)
• Page Start: 241
• Page End: 255
• Publication Date: 2019-11-01
• Subjects: Communication and culture -- Periodicals; 302.205
• DOI: 10.1386/iscc.10.3.241_1
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1757-2681

Abstract

In this article the international #MeToo movement is analysed from the perspective of Brazil: characteristics of the Brazilian feminist movement, historical paths and new approaches using social networks; #MeToo as one expression of new feminism; related movements and collectives and #EleNão (NotHim) as an offshoot of #MeToo and its failed attempt to avoid the 2018 election of a misogynist and chauvinist movement in Brazil. The campaign to denounce cases of assault neither prevent nor reduce the high femicide rates, with the country ranking fifth in the world and being qualified as one of the most dangerous places for women. Violence against women in Brazil continues to grow. The data from 2018 is alarming, and the country is losing only to El Salvador, Colombia, Guatemala and Russia. The trend will only increase given Brazil's new political outlook. On the other hand, in the social networks Brazilian women have found the only possibility for being heard, and have slowly begun to make their voices heard by the judiciary system and traditional media. The return to feminist protest in the 2000s was marked by the rise of committees and marches with specifically feminist themes, such as the World Women's March, the Marcha das Margaridas and SlutWalk.