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#Metoo: um segredo muito público. Assédio Sexual em Portugal

O assédio sexual acontece diariamente nas escolas, nas universidades, na rua, perto ou longe de casa, nos transportes e no trabalho, podendo ser extremamente perturbador na vida quotidiana das mulheres, para além de minar e ameaçar a igualdade entre mulheres e homens. As autoras, apresentam-nos um livro fundamental para compreender este fenómeno e refletir sobre o mesmo. Numa linguagem clara e objetiva, esclare...

Comissão Independente para o Estudo dos Abusos Sexuais de Crianças na Igreja Ca...

Esta base de dados resulta do trabalho da Comissão Independente para o Estudo dos Abusos Sexuais de Crianças na Igreja Católica Portuguesa. Contém as respostas das 512 pessoas vítimas que responderam ao inquérito. Os inquiridos foram questionados acerca da sua situação atual (local de residência, profissão, escolaridade, situação familiar e relação com a Igreja Católica), à situação da sua família de origem (si...

Our Hero and That Kind of Woman: Imaginaries of Sexuality, Masculinity and Femi...

Kathlyn Mayorga’s rape allegation against Portuguese football star Cristiano Ronaldo was mostly met in his home country with disbelief, prompting a strong wave of support for the national icon. Mayorga was often perceived as a ‘gold digger’. This article explores how traditional gender norms, sex scripts and rape myths underpinned the resignification of the rape allegation into a case of extortion, naturalizing...

The (In)visibility of Racialized Border Violence? A Ukrainian Killed in Lisbon ...

On March 12, 2020, the Ukrainian citizen Ihor Homenyuk died, having been abused and tortured while in the custody of the Foreigners and Borders Office in Lisbon airport. This crime exposed what several NGOs and institutional reports had long denounced: the climate of impunity that enabled the denial of basic human rights to immigrants in closed spaces at the Portuguese border. Understanding the media as a pivot...

A space to resist rape myths? Journalism, patriarchy and sexual violence

In September 2018, a controversial judicial sentence concerning sexual violence caused a public outcry in Portugal. The court decision invoked the alleged environment of mutual seduction, the use of much alcohol consumption, and the lack of serious injuries to justify the suspended penalty. Stemming from the idea that understandings of what journalism is and what it should be are profoundly ideological and that...

A space to resist rape myths? Journalism, patriarchy and sexual violence

First Published November 30, 2021; Accepted version; In September 2018, a controversial judicial sentence concerning sexual violence caused a public outcry in Portugal. The court decision invoked the alleged environment of mutual seduction, the use of much alcohol consumption, and the lack of serious injuries to justify the suspended penalty. Stemming from the idea that understandings of what journalism is and ...

A priest and the legacies of Portuguese colonialism

Accepted version; First Published December 8, 2020

Gender Studies and the New Academic Governance. Global Challenges, Glocal Dynam...

Online social media and the construction of sexual moral panic around migrants ...

The period 2015/2016 was marked by several hotspots of turmoil in the European Union. Events such as the euro crisis, the massive arrival of refugees, the terror attacks in Paris and Brussels, the New Year’s Eve sexual assaults in Cologne – to name just a few – were perceived as signs of a political crisis challenging the very ideal of Europe as a welcoming and inclusive “imagined community” (Anderson 1982). Se...

“Ideologia de género”: origem e disseminação de um discurso antifeminista

O presente artigo tem como objetivo analisar as origens dos discursos contra a “ideologia de género” enquanto movimento global e mapear o seu processo de disseminação. Para tal, apoia-se na vasta bibliografia que existe sobre os vários contextos em que os ataques à “ideologia de género” têm tido significativo impacto sociopolítico. Este trabalho permitirá perceber, por um lado, o carácter global dos ataques à “...