Violência de gênero, desigualdade social e sexualidade: as experiências de mulheres jovens em Belo Horizonte

Abstract

Exceto onde especificado diferentemente, a matéria publicada neste periódico é licenciada sob forma de uma licença Creative Commons -Atribuição 4.0 Internacional. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Abstract:In this article we analyze how gender violence and social class inequalities intersect in the experiences of young women from different social classes with their sexuality. Departing from an analysis using both quantitative and qualitative data collected among young women who lived in middle-class neighborhoods and in poor communities (favelas) located in the central-south region of Belo Horizonte, we investigated the impact of gender violence on these young women's sexuality. Our results showed how a partner's violent and controlling behavior reduces young woman's autonomy in this area, affecting her capacity of negotiating condom use,

Zika Virus Public Health Crisis and the Perpetuation of Gender Inequality in Brazil

“…Researchers investigating high-fertility countries have consistently found women in stable relationships frequently unable to initiate a conversation on contraception (54). Passivity, submission, and emotion illustrates the context in which many sexual relationships occur in Latin America, and since condom use was not always discussed in advance, women sometimes had to ask their partner to use condom during intercourse, oftentimes resulting in unprotected sex (17)(18)(19)(20)(21)23). Experts have claimed Brazilian women who "would not even try to stop sexual intercourse to ask the partner to put on condoms" or "they would not stop the sexual intercourse in case they changed their minds about having sex" were almost four times more likely not to use condoms compared to women who report being able to pause or stop intercourse (22).…”

“…There are several barriers to contraceptive implementation, such as lack of access and high costs (13,14), inconsistent use (15), methods with high failure rate and lack of access to medical care (16). These vulnerabilities add to intimate-partner violence, women's powerlessness to negotiate condom use and other gender norms in partner interaction (17)(18)(19)(20)(21)(22)(23), which could prevent both pregnancy and sexual transmission of Zika, especially among the less educated (18,(24)(25)(26). Women who lack reproductive rights are among the poorest and less educated in the country, and oftentimes, live in the least developed areas of the country.…”

Características de mulheres vítimas de violência sexual e abandono de seguimento de tratamento ambulatorial

“…Outro estudo traz que a persistência de visões tradicionais dos estereótipos de gênero marca o discurso das jovens de ambas as classes sociais, especialmente forte entre as jovens de classe baixa, o que acaba por levá-las a uma aceitação mais "resignada" e naturalizada do exercício dos tipos de violência e do controle por parte de um parceiro 18 .…”

“…Porém, a maior parte das pesquisas afirmam que indivíduos da cor branca são os mais acometidos em casos de violência sexual 17,21,22 . Ressalta-se que não se pode afirmar que as mulheres brancas são as mais atingidas, em virtude da subnotificação de outros grupos étnicos 18 .…”

“…No presente estudo, houve uma baixa adesão (37,8%) à conclusão do tratamento ambulatorial pelas vítimas, evidenciando um alto abandono no seguimento de tratamento em relação a outros serviços 13,18 . A reduzida continuidade do seguimento ambulatorial está relacionada às diversas causas como ausência de qualidade do serviço de saúde, falta de diálogo entre vítima e profissional de saúde e efeitos colaterais dos medicamentos que interferem na qualidade de vida da mulher em tratamento 14 .…”