巴西社会过去性别歧视的例子:
In nineteenth-century Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, a theatrical producer shot and killed his wife because she insisted on taking a walk in the botanical gardens against his wishes. He was formally charged with her murder, but the judge dismissed the charge. The producer was carried through the streets in triumph. The moral perspective of his culture condoned the taking of a woman’s life if she disobeyed her husband, even in a relatively small matter. A century later that perspective had changed little in the same city, in 1976, a wealthy playboy, angry at his lover for flirting with others, fired four shots into her face at point-blank range, killing her. He was given a two year suspended sentence in light of the fact that he had been “defending his honor.”