Maria Lacerda's anti-fascism was also expressed through her pacifism, as she held war to be the culmination of fascistic policy. Drawing from the pacifist philosophy of Leo Tolstoy, Mohandas Gandhi and Romain Rolland, she proposed a central role for women in anti-war agitation, advocating for a campaign of nonviolent resistance through the refusal of civil service and the carrying out of a sex strike. While calling for direct action against the authorities, she also rejected the use of revolutionary violence, as she considered the aim of social revolution to be an end to all forms of violence and authority.
