“Meu desafio na política é existir”: Evidence of violence against women in politics in Brazil

Carvalho Teixeira, Beatriz

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Title

“Meu desafio na política é existir”: Evidence of violence against women in politics in Brazil

Author(s)

Carvalho Teixeira, Beatriz

Issue Date

2024-05-02

Director of Research (if dissertation) or Advisor (if thesis)

Sin, Gisela

Committee Member(s)

Szremski, Kasia

Department of Study

Latin American & Carib Studies

Discipline

Latin American Studies

Degree Granting Institution

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Degree Name

M.A.

Degree Level

Thesis

Keyword(s)

• Vawip
• Political Violence
• Gender
• Brazil

Language

eng

Abstract

This thesis discusses violence against women in politics (VAWIP) as a phenomenon of violence in politics that affects female politicians for being in a male-dominated sphere. Through quantitative data analysis from 2016-2023 on violence in politics in Brazil, and manually re-coded by me to consider categories of VAWIP, I seek to answer three questions: do women and men experience different types of violence as political actors in institutional politics?; among female politicians, are non-white women more targeted than white women?; and are women with progressive political agendas more targeted than conservative women? Based on a literature review on women’s political representation and VAWIP, I argue that women are more prone to psychological and semiotic violence, that black women are disproportionally more targeted, and that women in left-leaning parties are affected more than conservative women. Through initial data exploration and testing, I partially confirm my first argument, and tentatively confirm the remaining two. I ultimately conclude that further statistical testing, as well as a more comprehensive data collection with more specific keywords will allow us to see VAWIP patterns more clearly in future studies.

Graduation Semester

2024-05

Type of Resource

Text

Handle URL

https://hdl.handle.net/2142/124719

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Copyright 2024 Beatriz Carvalho Teixeira

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