Abstract
to identify the sociodemographic profile of nursing students who suffered gender violence and to know the characteristics of the violence that occurred in this population. a cross-sectional study with 91 nursing students from a public university in southeastern Brazil, between September 2019 and January 2020. A sociodemographic questionnaire and the World Health Organization Violence Against Women, section 10 were used. approximately 65% suffered some form of gender violence during their lifetime, mainly perpetrated by family members. 41.7% were victims of physical aggression, 23% suffered sexual harassment, 30.8% suffered sexual abuse. There was a pattern of intergenerational violence (p<0.001), vulnerability of self-declared lesbians and/or bisexuals (p=0.705), Christian or evangelical (p<0.001). gender violence was high among those surveyed. The experience of forms of violence can damage students' lives. There is a need for attention from teaching institutions and professors in addressing the theme.
Highlights
Gender violence has, in its origins, the inequalities in power relations that are exacerbated and manifest in relations of domination that violate human rights and repress possibilities of exercising citizenship
41.7% (n=38) stated that they had been victims since the age of 15, a time frame established by the was created by theWorld Health Organization (WHO), being a family member, the perpetrator in 79% (n=30) of cases, which allows assessing the degree of kinship prevalent between victim and offender. 17 (18.7%) stated that this occurred few times
Coinciding with these findings, a study of 316 people who identified themselves as homosexual, bisexual or transgender showed that the association of prejudices reflected in human rights violations and non-heterosexual women were frequently affected by physical violence[17]
Summary
In its origins, the inequalities in power relations that are exacerbated and manifest in relations of domination that violate human rights and repress possibilities of exercising citizenship. In a broader theoretical perspective, gender violence is defined as a phenomenon that victimizes women, children and adolescents of both sexes, considering the current patriarchal logic, in which men determine patterns, norms and conduct of other social groups with social legitimacy[3] It is a relational phenomenon determined by gender and that can victimize any human being, it is a problem that affects mainly women, or at least it is on them that their most deleterious forms of manifestation are practiced[2,3]. Defined as an action of discrimination or aggression, which is stimulated according to individuals’ gender, gender violence can cause damage, death, embarrassment or suffering of any origin and can occur in varied environments, from the home to companies or formal institutions[4] In this way, patriarchal construction, which still permeates hegemonic culture, produces social relations that remain centered on the ideals of male power. High rates of violence against women, motivated by sexism or similar forms of discrimination are not uncommon[5,6]
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