Discursos nos inquéritos policiais da Comarca de Chapecó acerca de crimes de defloramento e sedução (1965 e 1980)

Abstract

The present work aims to make an analysis of the city of Chapecó in the 1960s and 1980s. This analysis will be made through the inquiries of the crime of rape (article 213) and seduction (article 217) of the penal code of 1940. Through these inquiries we seek to analyze the concepts of masculinities and femininities present in the culture of the city, what was the behavior and perception of the accused and victims in relation to the crime, and what was the speech of these individuals towards the authorities. For this analysis we need to look at the formation of the city since its creation, how the city culture was formed, and what was the behavior of the people who lived in the region. Looking at this formation, we can see that the region was going through several conflicts, either with the new land occupants (the immigrants and migrants who came here) or with the government and its own dispute for local power. The caboclos who occupied these lands were excluded even from the lands they occupied before, because they were seen as lazy and as if they did not contribute to the development of the city. It is by doing this analysis that we realize that from the 1960s the region starts to go through some changes, at the same time projects are instituted for the change of masculinities and femininities, making clear what the function and role of each gender in society was, those changes are promoted mainly by the education of young people. During the analysis of the inquiries, we can see that this education reaches few people in the society of Chapecó, because looking at the statements we can see that the young people still had a vision that was previous to this moment in the Chapecó society, a discourse loaded by the judgment of women in relation to their previous life, their virginity, and the way they reacted to the crime described in article 213. Furthermore, the individuals seek to justify their actions by rumors and ways to make a living, in one of the analyzed investigations the accused assumes his attempted crime, but that he gave up since the victim "positively resisted" his intentions. It is clear in this analysis that masculinity stands out in the victims' discourse, and most cases are dismissed due to the prosecutor's view on this, alleging that if the victim wanted to, she could have resisted the crime, or that he sees no reason to continue the criminal process. Therefore, it can be seen that even with the "new projects" for the city, the criminality and the division of gender and its roles remain.