Controle social e violência no cotidiano das trabalhadoras do sexo durante a ditadura civil-militar, Juiz de Fora/MG, 1964 a 1974

Abstract

The aim of this research was to analyze the impact of the control exercised by the Brazilian civil-military dictatorship on the lives of sex workers in Henrique Vaz Street, in the city of Juiz de Fora/MG, a place that was not only their place of work, but also where they lived and socialized on a daily basis. The time frame covers the 60s and 70s of the 20th century. The military government's authoritarian policy included the defense of morality, common courtesy, the mononuclear and heteronormative family, as well as the use of censorship mechanisms and the restriction of individual freedom at all levels: political, ideological and moral. In this regard, we question how the social control mechanisms of the civil-military regime affected the daily lives of prostitutes. We hypothesize that, due to the moralizing and conservative discourse and directives, as well as the various censorship measures implemented by the military regime during the period under study, in addition to the marginal condition in which prostitutes have historically been placed, they suffered greater surveillance and control. In the first stage of the research, a literature review was carried out. In the second, the press was used as a source, analyzing a series of four reports published by the local newspaper Diário da Tarde.