The confirmation of Mara Gabrilli (PSDB) as Simone Tebet's (MDB) vice-president for the presidency of the Republic stirred social media this Tuesday (02). One of the main aims of the ticket made up of two women is the expansion of female representation in political disputes. However, during its official launch, it caused a lot of repercussion. the sexist tone used by several MDB, PSDB and Citizenship leaders. To launch Tebet's candidacy, the three parties joined forces in a coalition.
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PSDB and Citizenship Leaders
For Bruno Araujo, president of the PSDB, Mara Gabrilli's party, men should have a 20% quota on the next ticket. The president of Citizenship, Roberto freire, he added, saying he knows “how difficult it is for men, who are not raised to have this romanticism, kindness (…)”. Senator Gabrilli's candidacy also took into account her political base in the State of São Paulo, which is the largest electoral college in Brazil.
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Repercussion of “gaffes”
The statements were from association of women with romantic nature until the evaluation of the appearance of candidates, as illustrated by this Estadão report. The names of Mara Gabrilli and Simone Tebet were among the most mentioned terms on Twitter, a network that has more than 19 million Brazilians among its users.
“Only the docility of women can unite this country” – Jeressati, Tasso
“Women know how to talk about love, they have this romanticism” – Freire, Roberto
“They look beautiful. They were produced today. That's what I pay attention to. And Tasso also pays attention” – Serra, José https://t.co/Idz7NCYfeW
— Thais Carrança (@tcarran) August 2
The body in question
Both senators, who make up the 3rd female presidential ticket since redemocratization, were praised for looking “beautiful” by José Serra, who ended by tweeting: “They produced themselves. I pay attention. And Tasso pays attention too.”
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Two all-female candidates in presidential elections occurred in 2006 (Ana Maria Rangel and Delma Gama, from the PRP) and now (Vera Lúcia and Raquel Tremembé, PSTU).
If MDB and PSDB were competitive parties today, Simone Tebet and Mara Gabrilli would certainly not be candidates for Planalto.
It is.
— Marco Vieira (@marcopevieira) August 2
Taming beasts?
Tasso Jereissatti, senator for the PSDB-CE, was Tebet's favorite to occupy the position of deputy, but he gave up running. In making Mara Gabrilli's name official, he stated that only the “docility” of women has the power to “unite this country”, earning laughter from part of the public.
My Lady, look at the level of the statements.
— Marco Aurélio Neves (@marco_aneves) August 2
The group of sexist gentlemen knows very well that the ticket has no chance. Everyone there knows. The intention is clearly to use women to garner votes for the benches from the female electorate. A very limited view. https://t.co/XpTkgq5n3M
The senator also referred to the economist Elena Landau, heading the economic planning of the female ticket, as “a bit of a rebel, but we control it”. For some voters, the speeches by representatives of the coalition that launches Tebet for the 2022 elections are a reflection of the culture of patriarchal domination, which is far from over.
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I read somewhere that Mara Gabrilli will be Simone Tebet's vice-president. In my simple view, two white, privileged women without projects. Very bad double. I don't remember either of them defending Dilma from various sexist and misogynistic attacks. Do you remember?
— Roberta Luchsinger (@RoLuchsinger) August 2
