A invisibilidade da violência psicológica contra a mulher e as inovações legislativas para combatê-la

Abstract

Violence against women not only kills, but injures, leaving marks that not even time can erase. It needs to be perceived, understood and combated. The dominance of men over women, for the most part, is the result of a patriarchal culture still present in gender relations, which is expressed through violence, and of a society historically based on values, which results in the construction of inequalities between men and women, as well as the oppression and exploitation of the female gender. This article aims to analyze current legal mechanisms and their effectiveness in reducing psychological violence against women, in addition to investigating the importance of school education as a form of prevention against the most varied forms of gender violence. We also sought to differentiate the various forms of violence against women, which are not limited to physical violence. We sought to highlight the invisibility of psychological violence for society and often for the victim themselves, who believe in the normality of aggression, ending with legislative innovations in the Brazilian legal system to combat them.