A tipificação do crime de importunação sexual através da promulgação da Lei nº 13.178/18 como método de adequação da proteção da dignidade e liberdade sexuais frente a realidade atual

Abstract

This paper aims to analyze the impacts of the criminalization of sexual harassment through the enactment of Law No. 13.718/2018 – which also criminalized the disclosure of rape scenes, raping of minors, sex scenes and pornography – as a measure to adjust the protection of sexual freedom and dignity to today´s reality, especially in the mater of crimes against sexual dignity. Sexual harassment is a crime that got incorporated to the Penal Code with the purpose of filling a legal gap and prohibiting practices that weren’t foreseen by legislation. It will seek to determine whether the creation of those two crimes, especially the one about sexual harassment, is and adequate and necessary measure to women’s necessities in the fight for the protection of their wills and bodies. This will be done through a study of the historical context of the nature of crimes against sexual dignity and freedom, with the addition of factual analysis of new social relations in recent times, especially with the popularization of the