Abstract:
For a long time, Brazilian women were left unsupported by the legal system when the topic was domestic violence. The regulation of this issue only occurred due to constant political struggles, thus the creation of the Maria da Penha Law was a great advance in terms of protecting women's rights. However, gender difficulties and discrimination remain, even in the legal sphere. The main objective of this work is to analyze the androcentric legal institutional culture as a limitation to the full implementation of the Maria da Penha Law. Through a bibliographical analysis of scientific articles on the internet, laws, jurisprudence and doctrines, we base the research perspective. Thus, we assume that Brazilian society has an androcentric and sexist culture, which reflects on the socialization of individuals, among them, the operators of law. This fact, necessarily, ends up imposing difficulties for the full implementation of the Maria da Penha Law. From an analysis based on the gender analysis category and its social imposition of social roles, we will analyze the effectiveness of the Maria da Penha Law.
