Feminismo e patriarcado: a subversão feminina ao patriarcado religioso pentecostal no Brasil

Abstract

This dissertation proposes to present the female subversion to the Brazilian Pentecostal religious patriarchy, relating the influences of the feminist movement and the transformations in the social context with the Pentecostal religious context. For this the dissertation has theoretical apparatuses in Pierre Bourdieu, Susan Okin, Simone de Beauvoir and Paul Freston. Proposing an articulation between the historical changes promoted by patriarchy in the West, which reflected in a new dynamic for religiosity, which gradually put patriarchy into decay. In Brazil, since its first wave - in 1910, when the struggle for the right to vote for women - was fought. As specific objectives, the dissertation proposes: to identify the Pentecostal scenario and its relationship with patriarchy; schematically exposing Pentecostalism as the context of research; to identify the changes brought about by the feminist movement to Pentecostalism in order to contribute to female subversion. The research is divided into three chapters articulated with the theme of the dissertation. In the first chapter are exposed the observations that were made in the context of Pentecostalism. In this contradictory environment, in which, despite being composed mostly of women, they have in their organizational foundations predominantly sexist and sexist characteristics. The second chapter is concerned with presenting what was identified through the research, relating the main points and elements that evidence the domination exercised over women in this context. The way it occurs, and the way it is viewed or even noticed. Already in the third chapter are exposed the approximations between Pentecostalism and feminism. The influences of the feminist movement are versed and related to the intercurrent waves in Brazil, and the waves of Pentecostalism. Each of these moments are corresponding and reflect social changes, in various scenarios, including the religious. During the research it was possible to perceive that the female subversion to the Pentecostal religious patriarchy, occurs from the social changes and the way that society gradually absorbs the changes in the social scenario. According to the waves of feminism in Brazil, they are moving from private space to public spaces of male exclusivity, especially in Pentecostal politics and ecclesial dynamics