The risk of being a woman, parturient or pregnant women in Brazil is far from being exhausted. The prison in the act of anesthetist Giovanni Quintella Bezerra for raping a vulnerable person added yet another tone to the debate about the insecurity to which female bodies in the country are subject.
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In Rio de Janeiro, the same state where the doctor was filmed raping a patient during childbirth, 86% of sexual abuse that occurs in hospital environments targets a woman. The data is from the Public Security Institute (ISP) obtained by Globo via the Access to Information Law.
Only in Rio de Janeiro, between 2015 and 2021, 177 cases of sexual abuse were recorded in hospitals, clinics or similar. Of the total, 90 of the cases were similar to that practiced by Giovanni, being called vulnerable rape – in which the victim is unable to defend herself, in this case under the influence of anesthetics.
The number of occurrences would correspond to the average of 1 daily rape every 2 weeks. Among the victims, 20,9% were children up to 13 years old and 17,7% were teenagers between 14 and 17.
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Giovanni's custody hearing takes place this Tuesday, the 12th, to decide whether the accused will remain in custody or whether he can be kept in pre-trial detention. The possibility of other victims having suffered the same abuse by the doctor was not ruled out by the Police.
Featured photo: 2016.06.01 – Porto Alegre/RS/Brazil – Ato Por Todas Elas, women protesting against Rape Culture, at Esquina Democrática. Photo: Ramiro Furquim/Jornal Já
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