“Puta política”: uma análise do fazer direitos nos movimentos sociais de profissionais do sexo em São Luís – MA no período de 2019 a 2022

Abstract

Here, I propose an analysis of the actions and political strategies adopted by the Sex Workers Social Movements of São Luís - MA from 2019 to 2022. For that, the investigation comes from an ethnographic field research, intertwined with majorly post-structuralist theories, specially Foulcaut’s postulates about “speech”, “power” and “sexuality” and the gender statements from teachings of authors such as Judith Butler (2000; 2022; 2015; 2018a; 2018b) and Joan Scott (1995). Furthermore, For us to think the entwinement of modern law and the plurality and subjects and their interests in the legal field, we have as pillars the studies of Bourdieu (1989) and Wolkmer (2001). We shall go through, initially, the narratives that have built the stigmatized image of sex workers and their stories of the struggle against the violences and social stgmas that permeate their experience. In the next moment, we’ll analyse the debate surrounding sex work in the context of national legislative power. And finally, the political strategies adopted by sex worker organizations in São Luís no the above-mentioned time period, with the intent of clarifying that amidst a reality of prejudice and violence, female sex workers present themselves as agents capable of creating new rights, knowledge and meaning to their existences.