Psicanálise e justiça no juizado de violência doméstica

Abstract

This dissertation aims to reflect on the discourse and the context in which women are inserted in the Domestic Violence Court, articulating psychoanalytical concepts with the legal texts relevant to judicial action to understand the actions that seek to protect women in situations of violence. Violence against women is described as any form of violence committed within the family context, be it physical, sexual, psychological, moral or patrimonial of the aggressor towards the woman, and has been considered as a complex problem that requires an approach that It involves different areas of knowledge, such as law and psychology. The dissertation is structured in two works, a book chapter and an article. The first work, a chapter in a book, places Law's role in addressing violence against women based on the guidelines and bodies created by Law 11.340/2006 known as the Maria da Penha Law, highlighting the performance of the Domestic Violence Court, and then present a report of experience with a description of the daily functioning of a Domestic Violence Court located in a city in the central region of Rio Grande do Sul, as well as the possibilities of contribution of Psychology in the theoretical-practical perspective of psychoanalysis, to confront violence against the woman in that court. The second work, an article presents the results of a research that aimed to know the history of three women who suffered violence and had an ongoing process in the Domestic Violence Court. We sought to understand how these women mean violence, what position they occupy in relation to the violence suffered and what responsibilities they assume as subjects of their own experiences. The women's life story was accessed through individual interviews and were analyzed from the psychoanalytic theory, revealing the importance that women can report and resignify about their experiences to produce subjective changes necessary to face the situations of domestic violence. In conclusion, the influence of the sexist and patriarchal culture is expressed in the production of subjectivity of men and women and in the increasing domestic violence, and it is essential to expand the possibilities of ethical, social and political confrontation of these issues.