Gender political violence and the unfulfilled promise of substantial democracy: a look at Brazil and Colombia

Abstract

This article problematizes gender political violence, exposing the unfulfilled promise of the constitutional State, broken by the perpetuation of patriarchal structures, reinforced by racism. This is a reflection on Brazil and Colombia, similar cultural models in Latin America, examining the legislation that reserves quotas for the registration of female applications and the challenge imposed on the justice system in combating fraud of these rules. The reach and effectiveness of affirmative action, the proof of fraud and the consequences of its finding, are the themes that arise to the debate, filtered by the paradigm of a democratic state that obeys the rule of law.