title: Violence against Amazon women.
abstract: This quantitative and exploratory study analyzed violence against Amazon women presented in print media according to type and severity, and whether aggressors fell under the Maria da Penha law. A total of 181 issues of a regional newspaper were consulted. Based on content analysis, 164 items addressing violence against women were selected and 46 were included in the corpus of analysis. Results were gathered in three thematic groups: women killed with cruelty, sexual violence against women regardless of age, and violence against women and the limitations of the Maria da Penha law. Violence against these women varied in terms of form and severity, including up to homicide. Women are submitted to sexual violence from childhood through adulthood. The enforcement of this law shows the community it has a means to cope with this social phenomenon.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil. veraluci@ufpa.br
authors.forename: Vera Lúcia de Azevedo
authors.initials: VL
authors.lastname: Lima
authors.forename: Maria de Lourdes de
authors.initials: Mde L
authors.lastname: Souza
authors.forename: Marisa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Monticelli
authors.forename: Marília de Fátima Vieira de
authors.initials: Mde F
authors.lastname: Oliveira
authors.forename: Carlos Benedito Marinho de
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Souza
authors.forename: Carlos Alberto Leal da
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Costa
authors.forename: Odaléa Maria
authors.initials: OM
authors.lastname: Brüggemann
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008402:Mass Media; D014754:Violence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*