Intragender Violence: An Approach from LGBTIQ+ University Students in Chile

Abstract

Intimate partner violence has been extensively studied in the Latin context and in Chile, however, these do not distinguish between heteronormative relationships and those belonging to the LGBTIQ+ community, which is why the latter are invisible, which is why this study aims to understand the specific characteristics of how young LGBTIQ+ university students in Chile experience intragender violence, identifying its main manifestations and consequences. The research has a non-probabilistic sample of nine participants, who correspond to six women and three men between 18 and 31 years old, who participated in a semi-structured individual interview and/or in a discussion group conducted online, this being a qualitative study guided by the constructivist grounded theory. Among the main results found, it is reported that psychological violence is one of the most experienced by the participants, followed by cyber violence and sexual violence, in addition, other findings show that perception and social pressure are possible triggers of intragender violence, Thanks to this, it is possible to identify the low representativeness in terms of the LGBTIQ+ community and age ranges, so it is proposed to expand the sample for future research, in addition to this, other topics such as the experiences of having a diagnosis of STD in an intragender relationship should be investigated.