Corpos em tráfico: raça, gênero e classe na exploração sexual de mulheres brasileiras na Europa

Abstract

The sex trafficking of Brazilian women to Europe is a complex phenomenon that involves multiple dimensions of oppression, including issues of race, gender and social class. The vulnerability of Brazilian women to trafficking is the result of structural inequality mostly based on racial and class discrimination. Women from popular classes, historically marginalized by Brazilian society, are more susceptible to being lured by trafficking networks, which take advantage of their poverty and the promise of a better future. These women, once abroad, face double oppression: as female bodies, they are the target of violent sexualization; as black or poor, they face even more forms of exploitation and invisibility. Furthermore, the research explores how the dynamics of women's sex trafficking in Brazil connect with global structures of exploitation and colonialism, reflecting practices of control and sexual subordination of women. The analysis points to the socioeconomic conditions in Brazil, which create a favorable environment for the recruitment and grooming of women in vulnerable situations. The intersection between race, gender and class creates a profile of Brazilian women that is particularly vulnerable to sexual exploitation on trafficking routes that head towards Europe, particularly countries such as Spain, Portugal, Italy and France. Therefore, this work analyzes how these factors interact and intertwine in the sexual exploitation of Brazilian women, particularly in the European context