As múltiplas faces da violência institucional nos casos de violência sexual contra mulheres

Abstract

This final paper aims to problematize the institutional violence committed against women victims of sexual violence in order to give visibility and contribute to the identification of this form of rights violation. The text was constructed from bibliographic research of qualitative approach, with a sample that contained fifteen articles, the method applied was the critical dialectic method. It is emphasized that sexual violence is a structural problem result of a patriarchal system, which is exteriorized through male power over the feminine and is related to other forms of rights violation, such as institutional violence. The institutional violence is that practiced by the institutions, in cases of sexual violence, and it can manifest itself in several ways, such as gender violence, lack of investment in public policies, lack of human and material resources, by the precariousness of the institutions, among other forms of manifestation found through the research. It is highlighted that there is a significant number of means of protection for women, however, when it comes to institutional violence, it is considered that the advances are late, and that the legislations in general are focused on the punishment and not, in fact, on the protection of women. Sexual violence as well as institutional violence are byproducts of a social regime that needs to be overcomed, so that then there are effective solutions that aim at the liberation of female bodies.