PhD candidate and master's degree in Political Science from the State University of Campinas - UNICAMP (Brasil). She is a researcher at the Laboratory of Political Thought (PEPOL/Unicamp) and is part of the Feminist Marxism collective.
Conquest and protection are two essential facets of masculinity in different armed conflicts, which makes the presence of women ambiguous among the combatants and, sometimes, they are seen as a sign of weakness and a source of desire.