SEXUAL FREEDOM?

Abstract

This article aims at describing an analysis performed on ten judicial processes regarding cases of sexual violence against children, taking such violence as multiplier of behavioral patterns that impose differentiated roles to men and women, including in the sphere of criminal justice system. Within this context, judgments by courts are analyzed from the view of the impact of sexist cultural stands by law practitioners on such judgments that infringe women's human rights. From this analysis, paths are pointed out to an institutionalized change that in fact takes sexual freedom as a right of the victims, and psychological exam reports are presented as a means of evidence able to modify judgments based on stereotypes and prejudices.