“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
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.
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