GENDER, POWER AND ETHICAL-POLITICAL SUFFERING: CONSIDERATIONS ON THE EFFECTS OF GENDER COLONIALITY ON WOMEN'S GOOD LIVING

Abstract

This article proposes a critical feminist analysis of gender relations, dedicated to revealing how coloniality perpetuates the subordination of women and impacts their well-being within the modern/colonial gender system. The discussion seeks to problematize how hegemonic culture establishes power relations, in which the subordination of some experiences is presented not only as an individual condition, but as a tool of dehumanization that produces ethical-political suffering through various systems of oppression. Using a feminist, intersectional and decolonial approach, the reflection analyzes the effects of violence faced mainly by women, which results in mental illness and the formation of subordinate experiences. As a proposal for resistance, the concept of "Good Living" is taken as a possible path to break with unequal power relations and promote dignified living conditions, proposing a collective perspective that favors mental health and well-being. The work is based on a bibliographic review, including authors of relevance in the discussion of gender, coloniality and mental health. Ultimately, it seeks to contribute to the construction of a world project in which women can occupy spaces of power, knowledge and life.