THE REPRODUCTION OF THE COLONIALITY OF FEMALE BODIES IN THE JUSTICE SYSTEM AS A CHALLENGE TO ETHICS

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Abstract

The article starts from the premise that the woman's body must be considered a political territory. Territory dominated by colonial processes that deprive women of sovereignty over their own bodies. Based on Emmanuel Lévinas, it reinforces the importance of ethical consideration about the otherness of women. And based on Pierre Bourdieu, he highlights the processes of reproduction of androcentric domination that exist in society and that deny the autonomy of female alterity. Among the different processes of practical or symbolic reproduction of the oppression and domination of female bodies, the article analyzes situations that occurred within the scope of the Justice System. The analyzes show how certain institutional practices reinforce and reproduce stereotypes about women and maintain the coloniality of their bodies. Therefore, it proposes ethical resistance as the basis for political struggles that break the paradigm of androcentric domination.

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Author Biographies

  • José Ricardo Cunha, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ)

    Professor Associado da Faculdade de Direito da UERJ. Doutor em Filosofia do Direito. Professor na Linha de Teoria e Filosofia do Direito do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Direito da UERJ.

  • Fernanda Silva Botelho, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ)

    Advogada com atuação em Direito das Mulheres e Direito Civil. Graduada pela Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ). Especializada em Direito Processual Civil pela Universidade Cândido Mendes (UCAM-RJ). Mestranda em Pensamento Jurídico e Relações Sociais na Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (PPGD-UERJ), com pesquisas desenvolvidas nas áreas de Teoria do Direito, Filosofia do Direito e Teorias Feministas.

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Published

2021-08-09

Issue

Vol. 8 No. 20 (2021): Dimensions of intersectionality and legal cultures in the pandemic context

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Artigos