REPRESENTATIVENESS OF WOMEN IN BRAZIL AND ARGENTINA: FROM EXCLUDED OF THE POLITICAL SPHERE TO ELECTED WITHOUT PARITY OF PARTICIPATION

Abstract

The article analyzes the representativeness of women in Brazil according to the feminist critical methodology in order to verify the logic that supports the injustices committed against them in the political sphere, regarding political participation, representation and social belonging. The research is guided by Nancy Fraser's concept of gender justice because problematizes the parity of participation, a central category in this work. For this purpose, realizes a bibliographic review about historical achievement of the political rights of women in Brazil in order to expose how the legacy of a well behaved liberal feminism left strong limiting marks in the process of recognizing these rights and representativeness. Then, realizes a comparative analysis of public policies for women’s political representation in Argentina and Brazil to point out the limitations of these affirmative actions in Brazil and possible changes according to the Argentine quantitative model. This comparative analysis is justified by the fact that both countries are in a context of peripheral capitalism in Latin America and because Argentina has achieved in 2019 the numerical equality between men and women in the legislative houses. Finally, based on Fraser's theory, concludes that, although quantitative representation is an important instrument for the inclusion of women in decision-making spaces, is insufficient to guarantee representativeness because it is also necessary their recognition as peer members in the public sphere and that they themselves act according a feminist guidelines.