"Eu sou mulher do fim do mundo": experiências de mulheres negras vitimadas pela violência doméstica em Vitória da Conquista - Bahia

Abstract

From colonial enslavement to processes analogous to modern slavery, the experience of the black body - especially that of black women - is still marked by systematic oppression that places this population on a constant path of exploitation and violation. In contrast to what is preached by hegemonic feminism, in which gender is seen as a central determinant in understanding the oppression experienced by women, the intersectional discussion calls us to think about how black women experience inequalities imposed in the most diverse areas in which a racist, sexist and classist society presents itself. Thus, the literature points out that the dimensions of race and gender, among other categories, are determining factors in the way black women experience a reality in which racism leads to situations of violence, evidenced by constant and growing victimization data. The objective of this study is to investigate the phenomenon of domestic violence through the eyes of black women who live with this reality. It is based on the understanding that race and gender are not combined oppressions, but rather intertwined categories that inseparably shape their experiences. Through semi-structured interviews, reports were collected from eight women monitored by the Albertina Vasconcelos Reference Center (CRAV) in Vitória da Conquista, Bahia. Orality made it possible to identify how the racial perspective appears in these women's experiences with domestic violence - in family, affective-sexual relationships and in coping strategies. It was also observed that the very state mechanisms created to protect them often fail in their function, operating as “war machines” of the State. In view of this, even with legislative, epistemological and social advances, there are endless challenges to be faced, mainly in the institutional field, which is still a product of what has been socially established over the years.