Abstract
This paper explores violence against women in the context of partner relationships, through testimonies of professionals from Social Services in five towns in the province of Alicante (Spain), and also of the psychologists who participate in the coordination and implementation of two intervention programs for inmate aggressors in Valencia and Alicante (Spain). Our analysis focuses on the linkages between gender and certain emotional deficits in men who mistreat women in intimacy. Among these deficits, we have stressed: lack of sense of responsibility for one’s own actions, lack of empathy, cognitive distortions related to a sexist system of values, convergence of violence as a strategy and lack of personal abilities, troubled view of the world and of the relationships with others, and emotional constriction. We suggest that the non-development of basic emotional abilities by these men, while connected with their gender socialization, requires particular attention for the purpose of treatment and prevention of this type of violence. Regarding relationships with gender-based violence, other relevant issues are raised, such as instrumentalization of women and dependence.
Highlights
Este artículo explora la violencia contra las mujeres en el contexto de la relación de pareja a través de los testimonios de profesionales de Servicios Sociales de cinco municipios alicantinos, y también de los psicólogos y psicólogas que participan en la coordinación y ejecución de diversos programas de reeducación de maltratadores en Valencia y Alicante
This paper explores violence against women in the context of partner relationships, through testimonies of professionals from Social Services in five towns in the province of Alicante (Spain), and of the psychologists who participate in the coordination and implementation of two intervention programs for inmate aggressors in Valencia and Alicante (Spain)
Studies on violence against women from a gender perspective are centered on its structural dimension, linking gender-based violence to social inequalities that affect relationships between men and women and to the symbolic dominion of masculine over feminine in all cultural spheres (Lomas, 2004, 2016; Bourdieu, 2005; Tamayo & Salazar, 2016)
Summary
Este artículo explora la violencia contra las mujeres en el contexto de la relación de pareja a través de los testimonios de profesionales de Servicios Sociales de cinco municipios alicantinos, y también de los psicólogos y psicólogas que participan en la coordinación y ejecución de diversos programas de reeducación de maltratadores en Valencia y Alicante. In a context of constant transformation of gender relations and democracy, violence exerted against the female population is tightly linked to a belief system in which women are not conceived as autonomous human beings, but rather in a subordinate position with respect to men (Alberdi, 2005) For this reason, studies on violence against women from a gender perspective are centered on its structural dimension, linking gender-based violence to social inequalities that affect relationships between men and women (unequal distribution of resources, responsibilities and power) and to the symbolic dominion of masculine over feminine in all cultural spheres (politics, science, education, art, religion, etc.) (Lomas, 2004, 2016; Bourdieu, 2005; Tamayo & Salazar, 2016). Zubizarreta, 2017), which needs to be dealt with from interdisciplinary approaches in order to acquire in-depth knowledge of the causes and conditions that produce and uphold it
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