A sub-representatividade feminina na política do Rio Grande do Norte: um estudo sobre os fatores que contribuem para este fenômeno frente ao pioneirismo do estado na emancipação política da mulher

Abstract

Rio Grande do Norte was an expressive scenario of women's insurgency in the public sphere, the research initially explores the trajectory of women highlighting the main facts that marked their social and political work in Potiguar society, which currently echoes in the greater female legislative participation in Brazil in 2021, positioning the state as a forerunner, despite the expressive underrepresentation in the country. However, even though it is a positive position, many political and social factors prevent a further expansion of female candidates, leading to the core of the problem: the double (multiple) workday, gender-based political violence, and the dynamics of political parties in the application of the Quota Law. In order to understand the factors that contribute to the underrepresentation of women in politics, the investigation was based on inductive reasoning with bibliographic and interpretive research about the aforementioned legislation, bringing a quantitative approach with concrete and qualitative data through perceptions and analyzes on the subject.