Entre tempos e tensões: o debate mediado sobre a Lei Maria da Penha (2001-2012)

Abstract

This study examined the mediated debate over the Maria da Penha Law, during the years 2001 to 2012, in the newspapers "Folha de S. Paulo" and "O Globo", from the theoretical matrix of deliberations. Our defense is that oppressions arising of gender inequalities, like domestic violence and violence against women and the legislation on screen, cannot prescind of public discussion. We consider the media as a fundamental arena of a deliberative system for the emergency of such interpretative disputes. We seek to understand how it was built in the newspapers analyzed, the arguments and discourse relations over the Maria da Penha Law in two distinct periods: during the construction phase (2001 to 2005) and during the sanction and implementation (2006 to 2012) of legislation, from qualitative methodology focuses on the study of deliberation and media, coupled with the analysis of framework.