For a political and conceptual implication in studies about men, masculinities and gender violence

Abstract

This paper proposes a political and conceptual discussion about men who have committed violence against woman, placing it as product of feminist studies about men and masculinities. Based on historical-conceptual review, was proceeded with an terminological analysis from Suely Almeida, Lourdes Bandeira and Heleieth Saffioti. Was verify that this investigation is oriented by multiples approaches, reverberating on development of public policy and influencing on Brazilian academic-scientific graduation. We understand that discussions as a field of politics dispute and we take a stand against the vast terminologies, once “gender violence” is the term that aligns with the conceptions that we try to develop throughout our studies. We emphasize that in the exercise of research about men and masculinities, researchers need to give up patriarchal and androcentric understandings. To speak about men is necessarily to speak of the relationship with other genders and of the relation of men to their own gender.