PATRIARCADO X FEMINISMO: A LUTA POR UMA SOCIEDADE IGUALITÁRIA NO BRASIL E NA BOLÍVIA

This study aims to analyze the patriarchal system that is rooted in South American societies, especially in Brazil and Bolivia, and the influence of feminism in both countries. We understand that analyzing this system in border countries is necessary to understand the pattern that has been established, in which the patriarch (man/father) is in a dominant position, while the woman/mother is in a subordinate position. However, feminism, which arose as opposition/response to the patriarchal system, needs to be understood as a movement with a political, philosophical, educational and social bias. This confrontation has resulted in countless rights already being won and in the beginning of the construction of a more just and egalitarian society. We cannot fail to mention that Latin America has its own peculiarities, such as decolonial feminism, which has influenced other feminist movements by expanding intersectional analyses of race, gender, and class. However, on the other hand, we also find alarming indicators of gender violence. Although we recognize that a long way has been traveled by this movement in both countries analyzed, we cannot fail to recognize that a long way still needs to be traveled so that women are respected in all their choices in both societies. Furthermore, we recognize that schools play a fundamental role in the construction of this fair and egalitarian society, by contributing to the deconstruction of knowledge ratified by patriarchy, through science and gender studies.