Arquipélago do Marajó: uma análise sobre a influência dos papéis de gênero na exploração sexual de meninas

Abstract

The present study aims at analyzing how the social roles of gender and the structure of the patriarchal society contribute to the sexual exploitation of children and adolescents. Initially, considering the Marajó Archipelago as a base of analysis, it seeks to demonstrate, through socio-economic indexes, the scenario of abandonment of the state in which the Riverside communities live, and that, in addition to poverty, the phenomenon of the sexual exploitation of “balseiras” girls, as they are known in local jargon, has deeper roots. In the light of the above, in a second moment, it will conceptualize what are social gender roles as well as seek to raise the origin of the patriarchal society, which identifies the subjugated figure of the woman to the detriment of the man. The fruit of a patriarchal society and the perpetuation of the inequalities established between the feminine and masculine genders, it aims to expose the existing social gulf between men and women in various spheres of society by making an intersection between gender, race and class. Finally, the third part of this paper aims to explain how the phenomenon of juvenile sexual exploitation is characterized as a means of reaffirming masculinity.