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The controversial Minister of Family and Human Rights of the government of Jair Bolsonaro badured the House of Representatives of Brazil that "the married woman should be subjected to the man". Damares Alves, the evangelical pastor who openly declared that she was against the rights of the LGTBI community, spoke of her "Christian conception" of praising the patriarchal principles of religious institutions. Completely removed from the progress made worldwide by the struggle of women, she explained that "the man is the leader" in a relationship between husband and wife.

"In my Christian conception, the woman, yes, in marriage is subject to the man and it is a matter of faith," said the minister to the Commission for the Defense of Women's Rights at the House of Representatives. Surrounded by critics, he went on to say that "that does not mean that all women have to be submissive and have to look down at the boss, the aggressor and the men who are there". On social media, many expressed outrage at the minister's statements, but defended themselves by saying, "It's a constitutionally guaranteed issue of religious freedom." Do not believe the lies that they say about it. "

During her meeting with lawmakers on Tuesday, the minister also reiterated her position against the decriminalization of abortion, while affirming that she had other priorities at the time. "I want a Brazil without abortion and a Brazil without rape," said Alves. "Because if we had not had rape, we would not have women in the health services who would seek an abortion," she added, quoted by the digital media HuffPost Brasil. Currently, abortion is allowed by law for three reasons: rape, risk of death of mother and anencephaly.

On the subject of bad education, he said: "If I had received bad education, I'm sure I would have defended myself," said the minister, who says she's been raped at the age of six by a pastor of his church. "I did not know what it was … It was a six year old girl who had never seen a bad organ, I was hurt and I was not injured. I did not understand what was happening, if I had been educated, I would have shouted. "

Alves also said that the goal of bad education is to protect girls from abuse and prevent pregnancies, while ensuring that the government will guarantee it, but will do so "by respecting the specifics of the child." 39; age and ensuring that teacher be prepared. "According to the Minister, bad education should be addressed in four-year-old schools at the end of the faculty, respecting the cycle in which lies the # 39; child. "Children will have to learn to respect and protect girls.When I said we were going to teach kids to open the car door, I did not mean that." I mean, they will also have to open the door of the factory, the door of their office, industries, parties and this Parliament, "he said.

Since he's been in that position, Alves has led several scandals, mostly related to his conception of human rights. He was in the eye of the hurricane for having awarded a university degree on divine mandate and for the denunciations he was accused of stealing an indigenous family from Mato Grosso to a six-year-old girl whom he now presents as his adopted daughter. However, the best known is when he celebrated with effusion that during his administration, children wore blue and girls in pink. "Attention, be careful, it's a new era in Brazil, children are wearing blue and girls are pink," he said in a video posted on social media after its inauguration in January. After the repudiation reactions of which he was the target, Alves clarified that it had not been literal, but that his goal was to make a statement against "gender ideology". His position on gender issues was already clear a few days ago when he had announced his intention to end what he called "the abuse of the ideological indoctrination of children and children." In Brazil ". This position was confirmed when it became clear that, as part of the powers of his ministry in far-right government Jair Bolsonaro, LGBT community policies would not be a priority.