Article 13: BRAZILIAN SPORTS AND WOMEN DISCRIMINATION

Abstract

In times when the union among people has been widely acclaimed it is still possible to witness several forms of women discrimination in Sports. Until a short time ago, women were treated in the Brazilian society as a co- operator for the political, social and cultural organization in the country.Brazil was discovered in 1500 and approximately 20 years latter the colonization started. From then on, women lived in a rural slavery society, in which man was the family chief, responsible for the support and safety of the family members and the woman was the housewife, obedient to the man"™s will, educating mother and home administrator. This situation has lasted for many years, and some movements have arisen seeking for equality of rights between men and women as the first legislation concerning women education, the signing of the law Aurea by Princess Isabel which freed all slaves in Brazil, the new electoral code which introduced women right of voting and the third Brazilian constitution in 1934 that forbid the salary differences based on sex, age, nationality or civil status.