Entre escutas e desconstruções: reflexões sobre masculinidades à luz das teorias feministas

Abstract

This short communication discusses gender-based violence from an intersectional and structural perspective, highlighting the role of masculinities and social, racial, and economic inequalities. Based on experience reports from four Psychology professionals who work as facilitators of reflective groups with men who have committed domestic violence in a city in the interior of Rio Grande do Sul, this study seeks to understand the dynamics of this listening and construction space. The methodology used was the experience report, with a qualitative approach, grounded in feminist theories, gender studies, and studies on masculinities. The need to listen to masculinities in their plurality and to deconstruct stigmatizing discourses that associate "machismo" exclusively with racialized and poor men is emphasized, as well as the need to design public policies to address gender-based violence from a perspective that integrates care, listening, and social justice.