Naturalization, reciprocity and marks of marital violence: male defendants' perceptions.

Gilvânia Patrícia Do Nascimento Paixão,Alvaro Pereira,Fernanda Matheus Estrela,Ubirajara Ramos Pereira Da Silva Filho,Anderson Reis De Sousa,Igor Brasil De Araújo,Nadirlene Pereira Gomes

doi:10.1590/0034-7167-2016-0475

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https://doi.org/10.1590/0034-7167-2016-0475

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Abstract

to analyze male criminals' perception about marital violence. An exploratory, descriptive, qualitative study undertaken with 23 men who were criminally prosecuted for marital violence. A multimethod data collection was conducted, with individual interview and focal group techniques combined, between May and December 2015. The data collected were initially categorized using the NVIVO® 11 software program, and then organized using the Collective Subject Discourse method. the collective discourses reveal that, in the male's perception, conjugal violence is inherent in a marital relationships: it is a private, reciprocal problem that leaves body marks. gender dissymmetry as a social construct is evidenced, signaling the need to create spaces for reflection and re-signification of men and women, from a gender perspective.

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Intimate partner violence is the most chronic and costly burden the United States has faced, accounting for the deaths of more than 58,139 women between 1980 and 2008, an average of 2,000 women killed per year[1]
The collective discourses allowed us to analyze the male perceptions about conjugal violence, organized into the following categories: Central idea 1 - It is inherent in the conjugal relationship Men perceive violence as being part of the conjugal daily life, a reason that arouses resentment and non-understanding of the prison
They highlight its cyclical and intergenerational aspect, as follows: Fights occur with every couple

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Intimate partner violence is the most chronic and costly burden the United States has faced, accounting for the deaths of more than 58,139 women between 1980 and 2008, an average of 2,000 women killed per year[1]. This value is still underestimated, since the statistics do not include costs with health demands that do not require hospitalization as well as those related to other sectors such as the social, police and legal[4]. Including the perceptions of men is essential for proposing strategies to prevent this phenomenon, through spaces that allow for gender reflection among men (and women)(6). This is a perspective supported in the Maria da Penha Law, a Brazilian public policy to combat violence against women, which highlights the need to include men in recovery programs, in addition to prioritizing the discussion of the gender issue among men involved in criminal actions[6,7]

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