Chemical castration has returned as a campaign theme for right-wing candidates in this year's elections, after already being a historical agenda for politicians with a punitive bias. The measure is defended by presidential candidates such as Bolsonaro and Zema, as well as legislative hopefuls, who present it as an instrument to contain and "treat" rapists.
The defenders of the proposal, however, do not detail how it would be operationalized in practice. In some countries where it is in effect, in different forms, chemical castration does not involve surgery, but rather the continuous use of substances that inhibit libido, with the goal of preventing criminal recidivism.
The substance causes effects such as difficulty maintaining erections, but it is not a permanent sterilization: the effects only last as long as the medication continues to be administered. The article indicates that specialists, however, question the efficacy and ethics of the measure, although the final portion of the article appears truncated.
