Dandara Tonantzin
Profile
Federal Deputy (PT-MG) who introduced PL 872/2023 — the parallel Chamber of Deputies version of Brazil's misogyny criminalisation bill, directly inspired by Valeska Zanello's citizen proposal. Tonantzin's bill would punish with imprisonment and fines anyone who "practices, incites or induces" hatred toward women, with aggravated penalties of two to five years for offences committed via social media, the internet, or any publication. Her public advocacy explicitly targets online communities such as "Red Pill," masculinist influencers, and YouTube channels she characterises as misogynistic — framing content monetisation of heterodox views on gender relations as a criminal enterprise warranting legislative suppression. Critics note that the bill's language — covering speech that "degrades or dehumanises" women based on "masculine supremacy arguments" — is sufficiently elastic to capture commentary on feminist policy, gender ideology debates, and religious teaching on sex roles.