Políticas de masculinidade e o monopólio da violência

Abstract

This essay aims to critically examine the absence of gender and masculinity studies in public security research and policies. Secondarily, it seeks to promote feminist scientific production in criminology. The central argument is based on the idea that in patriarchal societies, masculinity policies ensure the monopoly of violence in the hands of men, as a strategy for power struggles between hegemonic and subordinate models of masculinity. Two theoretical frameworks are adopted: gender and masculinity studies, and feminist criminology. As a methodological procedure, a qualitative interpretation of official public security research data and the state of the art was conducted.