Abstract
The present essay tries to understand the dynamics of domestic violence from the three following angles: masculinity, identity and power relationships as socio-cultural expressions. The first two are approaches to masculinity as a culture construct, its relationship with the process of culture identities and the exercise of violence against the intimate partner as a mechanism of cohesion. The third angle is based upon Bourdieu’s (2000) concept of power and domination, in dialogue with Ramirez's explanatory proposal of power relationships (2005), to finally criticize the approach of the victim / aggressor dichotomy from changes within the gender relationships where the role of men and women take new nuances. From the analysis of these components we reflect on the phenomenon of intimate violence as part of a relational process within globalization's growth, in which both men and women are capable of transcending the “social destiny” by contributing to their generic practices new meanings for its overcoming.
Highlights
The present essay tries to understand the dynamics of domestic violence from the three following angles: masculinity, identity and power relationships as socio-cultural expressions
From the analysis of these components we reflect on the phenomenon of intimate violence as part of a relational process within globalization's growth, in which both men and women are capable of transcending the “social destiny” by contributing to their generic practices new meanings for its overcoming
María del Carmen Amarís Macías, Docente-investigadora en el Departamento de Psicología de la Universidad del Norte, Barranquilla, Colombia
Summary
La inclinación por las masculinidades como categoría de análisis no surge precisamente de los varones hegemónicos: la brecha fue abierta por los movimientos feministas, los cuales cuestionaron el género y el modelo androcentrista (Butler, 2001; Quirós, 2013; Viveros, 2016). El enfoque de género incorpora la pregunta por el hombre y, dado que los varones no cuestionaron su posición de poder, tuvieron que ser inicialmente interpretados por las mujeres, visión que se hizo más nítida a través de la incorporación de investigadores de diversas vertientes, lo que dio paso a los estudios de género de los hombres y las masculinidades (Ramírez, 2005; Núñez, 2016). Este proceso enriquece el análisis de la relación violencia doméstica / identidad masculina desde una visión posmoderna, en la cual el varón no es sólo parte del problema sino un factor clave en la búsqueda de soluciones (Ramírez, 2005; Bonino, 2005b, 2008). De igual manera no es sencillo para los hombres despojarse de su coraza artificial, heredada de un orden histórico erigido sobre la subordinación de las mujeres, para descubrir las sensibles fibras que quedan expuestas al estudiar de una forma crítica las masculinidades, incluyendo la propia
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