Lei Maria da Penha: violência doméstica contra a mulher e o silêncio eloquente da revista veja

Abstract

The present study seeks to analyze the extent to which the Veja Review contributed to the discussion and debate of the issue of domestic violence against women, based on the condemnation of Brazil by the OAS and the publication of Law No. 11.340 / 06, known as the Maria Penha. Given the power of information selection by the media and the influence it exerts in mutating society, it is sought to determine the size of their interest in violence against women, which is also a thermometer of how much society cares about thereby. It is understood that, while the public space is destined to the man, the private space is for woman and its dramas. Thus, man is legitimized to hold the power of leadership over women, resulting in the asymmetry of power between the sexes. Such a difference leads to the emergence of domestic and family violence, since physical force is necessary for the guarantee of female subjugation and stabilization of male power. Law No. 11.340 / 06 then arises as a demand for criminal protection over Brazilian women, partially disregarding the nature of the problem, which is the patriarchal, sexist and misogynist society in which it is situated. In order to reach the result of this research, a survey was made of the 256 publications of Veja regarding the period between 04/01/2001 to 08/31/2006 in search of how many times Veja approached the case of Maria da Penha and the consequent imposed by the OAS prior to the creation of Law 11,340 / 06. However, it was verified that Veja took an eloquent silence on the matter, not addressing it once. Pierre Bourdieu, who deals with the symbolic violence exercised by the man on the woman, and Hannah Arendt, who approaches the forset between what is public and what is private and the consequent social invisibility of the individual restricted to private sphere. In addition, the Heideggerian phenomenological methodology was adopted, since it makes it possible to obtain justifications for the phenomenon of domestic violence.