Fazendo gênero: percepção e atuação da magistratura de Juiz de Fora

Abstract

The discussion brought by this academic work includes juridical field, gender relationship, sociology and studies concerning the judiciary, given that it intends to analyze the connection between the juridical field and the gender relationship, through the opinion expressed by female judges. Observing that power relationships exists inside the juridical field and that the gender relationship is one of those, it’s offered an investigation about how is constructed the connection between the juridical field and this specific power relationship. The investigation is based on testimonials and data originated from answers given by female judges to structured and semi-structured opinion researches, also performing opinion interviews at Juiz de Fora, as examples to the analyzed information. Were compared answers and data obtained by those researches concerning quantitative information about the presence of female judges and qualitative information about their relation with coworkers and those under their jurisdiction, looking to realize an analyzes the points the relevance the gender relationship holds to the judiciary.