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Rape Culture in Brazil

*I did this text for a test in my school and I talk about the reality in Brazil; be aware of this when reading


Recently a lot of cases of rape and sexual abuse have been on the media, like the case of a 16 years old girl in Rio de Janeiro that was raped by thirty three men (all adults). It caused a lot of contrary comments, a lot of them saying cliche things like “she asked for it” even thought she was unconscious (the rapists posted videos of her while unconscious), “if she was on church it wouldn't have happened," etc. A case of rape happened in a church not long ago and other comments helping the girl that got the hashtag #EstuproNaoECulpaDaVitima (Rape is not the victims fault) worldwide even Emma Watson used it.

Rape Culture in Brazil

Because of this the expression Rape Culture became known by almost everyone in the country but most of the population thinks it is only rape but it isn’t. It includes blaming the victim, sexual objectification, denial of rape and others. The population denies that it exists even though researches (IPEA) have been done and they show that half of the population believes in a certain way that the victim “asked” for it.

We are used to see things like this because of the sexist society that we live in, because of our last president that was women (Dilma) and had an Impeachment the new government doesn't have any woman or people from different cultures because the new president Michel Temer want it like this. Because of our sexist society rape culture for us is something normal, we live in a society that dont take rape seriously.

Rape Culture in Brazil

(the girls in the pic are my friends I am so proud of them)

the paper say “to be a women without fearing” and the word Temer= fear is about the president- his name

All of this is taught to the kids, one example of this is the sexual objectification of women on TV, commercials and magazines giving the impression that this is normal and nothing need to be changed. But how should we do that?

Rape Culture in Brazil

This isn't only a problem here in Brazil but it is one of the biggest problems here, the country will not advance if there is no equality. The government should be the first thing to change, welcoming women to be part of the decisions of our country, and this government should give more attention to the fact that 15 women die everyday just because they are women. The media is one of the biggest influencers of the public and it should show that they are against actions against equality and show the importance of women in our society. The education (schools) public and private should discuss this kind of subjects with the kids/teens because in some years they are going to be citizens that can help making a better country.


This is the research I was talking about, it is in portuguese:

https://g1.globo.com/brasil/noticia/2014/03/para-585-comportamento-feminino-influencia-estupros-diz-pesquisa.html


* And just saying I dont support Dilma or her political party

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Most Helpful Guy

  • Yes I read about that poor girl being raped by 30 men I was appalled, made me very upset. The even disheartening thing was when all the protests followed it were mostly women men didn't seem to join in to condemn, at least that's what I read and saw. So it definitely macho culture as well, and these attitudes need to join. Hope police found them all and then hang them.

    Brazil does have a problem and so do other countries in South America as well. You're right rape culture needs to be challenged, cultural attitudes need to change and laws need to be strengthened so laws work with impunity to deal with rape and sexual assaults. This of course requires political will India is trying hopefully Brazil will too.

    • yes the pic with the girls is from the protest and there were almost no man there, it is sad. the problem is not only in South America, I am in Europe and the people are the same here

    • How would you say people are same in Europe, what country in Europe do you live in now?

    • I am not living, Portugal

Most Helpful Girl

  • This makes me so sad. I'm literally in tears there's still people till this day that don't think rape a big deal or they make excuses for the rapist that makes me so pissed. Listen people it is NEVER the victims fault. If s/he said no it's rape. If s/he was unconscious and couldn't consent it's rape. If s/he was so drunk they couldn't consent it's rape. People need to get that! Rapists have no excuse for raping someone. They should all burn in hell for all I care.

    • We have saying in arab world: Rape is like weather, just relax and enjoy it.

    • @Shiiz we have a saying in brazil: vai se fuder

    • @Shiiz people like you make me question humanity... I have two letters for you: F U

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  • Isn't prostitution legal in brazil? If so it inly goes to show Americans that no legalizing prostitution doesn't prevent rape. Rape is a power trip.

    • I don't know but people really hate prostitution most of the people that pay them are tourists

    • Wow, mosy likely married men smh

    • I am brazilian. Prostitution is not legal here. Unfortunatelly, is very easy find a whore here. They enter in this life for herselves usually for use drugs. Even if it was legal, nothing justify this kind of violence

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  • Yeah, having those Olympic games in Rio just looks like a better idea every day...

    • we don't want the Olympic Games here too, we hate it more than anyone the only person that wanted it was lula so he could stole money

    • Every time the Olympics comes to an economically unstable country, regardless of the revenue generated from tourism, the town ends up way worse off than it ever was. It's like the dirty secret of the Olympics.

    • yes and we spent so much money in things for the olympic games that the tourism money isn't going to be worth it

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  • So guys don't get raped? :/

    • here? only in prisons

    • In prisons only if his crime be very serious, like violence against children, woman or old people

    • @GustavoBrazil I am going to freak out on you now. Male rape can happen anywhere! Any male, child, adult can be raped!

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  • The case sucks and I believe anyone who blames the victim should be isolated on their own abandoned island, devoid of any and all life

    However, I still believe Rape Culture to be bullshit, because one highly important, million dollar question still doesn't get answered

    • what question?

    • If we live in a rape-enabling society, Where rape is desensitized to the point where the victims take all the blame, get no support, and the rapists are encouraged to do so by other people, by the media, and by the justice system with either a light or no sentence at all, why don't the Rape numbers reflect it? If rape is really encouraged in society, rape statistics wouldn't show a constant and consistent DECREASE in rape year after year. If rape is really encouraged in society, men wouldn't be more scared to get ACCUSED of rape than actually get raped. The sheer ACCUSATION of rape will destroy a man's life, whether or not it's actually true You can talk about the questions and objectification, but neither the numbers nor the treatment of the accused don't reflect your perceived viewpoint of societal-wide normality. If we live in a rape culture, why don't the numbers reflect it?

    • in Brazil it isn't decreasing a lot, in 3 years it was 7% but there is still one rape every 10 minutes, the situation isn't good. Here if you are accused of rape nothing will happen to you, even with proves it is hard to see someone sent to jail because of rape, men are only scared of rape of they are going to jail because there is where almost all the rapes to men happen.

  • I don't know what to say tbh

    • say something

    • I feel like killing someone I respect women I love women 😶

  • First I've heard about it :(

  • Damn this sucks

  • About the last theme: "women not objects", the feminism fights for the woman's body freedom. If a woman receive money for merchandising, she WANTS do this, what is the problem? She cannot? When the feminists are protesting, they take off their clothes. Why woman can't do this as a job? Where the freedom?

    • It is not about the models, it is abut the way the campaigns are showing women. Using sex to sell clothes and other things

  • Even she ask they are adults (even they are not still they got brian) to think that she is just 16 and if these many people do sex at a time or in row leaves her in the hell. What a fucking lairs by the way you said male rape is not excited in brazil but it is there and even it only happen in prision still it counts.

    • sorry but I don't understand almost everything you said, I am not trying to be rude

    • Sorry i will clear it, now. Even she asked them to do sex with her , they have brians to think that she is under 16 and can't take these many people in row or at the same time so why she asks so they are definitely lairs.

    • And some where in the opinons you said male rape dosent exsit in brazil but it is. Even that only happens in prison still it counts as a rape.

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  • First tell the brazilian women to stop cutting off their husbands and boyfriends penises when they get jealous and stop encpuraging others to do it while calling it girl power. Then maybe the guys will be more sympathetic to rapes.

    • sorry honey never heard about a case of this because of jealous just one that she did it because he was raping her

    • It happens out of jealousy all over south america. Plus even if he was raping her she has no right to bite off penis. Rape ia just sex, you have no right to mutilate someone's body for life because of it.

    • what are u trying to do? make me mad? try harder I hear this 10 times a day

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  • interesting mytake

  • You can do the exact take for all the other country in the world. Where you go rape is the same things everywhere.

    • if you say rape culture exists in the western world people go crazy

    • Yes every time we talk about rape, racism and all they go crazy and tell it's all lies

    • yes some people have a hard time seeing the truth

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