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Abstract

In 2015, with the approval of the Feminicide Law in Brazil, the term became part of the Brazilian Penal Code as an aggravating circumstance of the crime of homicide. From then on, the brutal violence committed against women was given a name within that code. In this sense, it is important to observe the importance of naming, to bring external recognition, since it is not a "common" homicide, but a homicide with sexist and misogynistic motivation. However, it should not be erased that along with the naming of feminicide came together many moral judgments that energize sexist practices. The penal system directs violence against everyone who uses it, even though they are seeking protection in it. Women should be wary of this system, which offers crumbs, as the feminicide insertion in article 121 of the Brazilian Penal Code, with the appearance of real protection to women. Given this, the hypothesis is that the entry of feminicide as a qualifier in the Penal Code gave greater visibility to this type of violence, but on the other hand, women's lives continue to be exposed and turned in the courts. The methodology used was bibliographic, seeking from the conceptualization of the word "Feminicide", women's struggles, the Feminicide as appointment and its effects and the penal system in question. Regarding the method, we work with historical materialist analysis, considering the discourse crossed by the power that builds relationships.