Discursos sexistas no humorismo e na publicidade. A expressão pública, seus limites e os limites dos limites

Abstract

Two episodes that occurred in 2011 in Brazil gained notoriety for putting on a collision course the freedom of speech and the fight against sexism: a joke about rape, by comedian Rafinha Bastos, and an underwear ad on TV. The article discusses the two cases, reconstituting the controversy and the arguments deployed by the conflicting positions. It concludes that, in both cases, restrictions on expression are justified, but for different reasons: the incitement to hate in one case and the low social value of advertising on the other.