Gender coloniality and sexual violence: a reflection from the Yanomami Indigenous Community

Abstract

This article proposes to question how gender coloniality relates to contemporary practices of sexual violence in the Yanomami Indigenous Community. Through hypothetical-deductive methodology, qualitative research and bibliographical research technique, the article traces the path in which the body and sexuality of indigenous peoples are treated and annulled from the "dis-covering" to the present day, bringing as a hypothesis that sexual violence, still incident in the daily lives of women and girls in the Yanomami Indigenous Community, is related to the origins of the power structure and the hierarchy built throughout the colonization process, which are reinforced through stigmas and prejudices within a dynamic society patriarchal.