Adolescent Relationship Violence in Brazil and Honduras

Abstract

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“If not Mine, She Won't Belong to Another”: Mechanisms of Moral Disengagement in a Femicide Perpetrator from Brazil

“…In Brazil, violence related to jealousy is still socially accepted as a defense of male honor and as maintenance of female submission (Costa et al, 2016). In a study with Brazilian and Honduran samples, the authors found that controlling the partner's behaviors, such as monitoring the telephone and social networks, choosing clothes, and restricting friendships were common (Taylor et al, 2017). Furthermore, jealousy and fear of infidelity are among the main risk factors in intimate relationships between young people, supported by nonprescribed norms that naturalize and consolidate inequitable gender roles, as well as forced sex (Taylor et al, 2017).…”

Technology as Both a Facilitator of and Response to Youth Intimate Partner Violence: Perspectives from Advocates in the Global-South

“…It then discusses the results of my study in light of previous research findings before concluding with suggestions for future research that focuses on gaining a better understanding of and preventing Technology-Facilitated IPV (TFIPV) among youth. exceptions including the work of Oliveira, Assis, Njaine, andOliveira (2011), Instituto Avon/Data Popular (2014), Énois I Inteligência Jovem, Instituto Vladimir Herzog, & Instituto Patrícia Galvão (2015) and more recently Campeiz (2018) and Taylor et al (2017Taylor et al ( , 2019. There are a few studies in Brasil focused on the prevention of IPV and gender-based violence more broadly among youth, for example, the work of Murta et al (2013Murta et al ( , 2019Murta et al ( , 2020, Taylor et al (2017) and Viza, Sartori, & Zanello (2017).…”

“…exceptions including the work of Oliveira, Assis, Njaine, andOliveira (2011), Instituto Avon/Data Popular (2014), Énois I Inteligência Jovem, Instituto Vladimir Herzog, & Instituto Patrícia Galvão (2015) and more recently Campeiz (2018) and Taylor et al (2017Taylor et al ( , 2019. There are a few studies in Brasil focused on the prevention of IPV and gender-based violence more broadly among youth, for example, the work of Murta et al (2013Murta et al ( , 2019Murta et al ( , 2020, Taylor et al (2017) and Viza, Sartori, & Zanello (2017). In Australia, youth IPV was addressed in prevention research, including the work of Flood (2019) guiding the engagement of men and boys for preventing violence against women and girls.…”

“…While there are particularities based on country, region, and group, the existing research demonstrates that in general, technology plays a crucial role in youth intimate relationships as it is heavily used by youth to engage in relationships, and also to perpetrate DCC, including tracking and monitoring their partners and their digital accounts. These controlling behaviors are often mistaken by youth as signs of love, caring, and jealousy (Campeiz, 2018;Taylor et al, 2017). Brasilian and Australian research indicates that often other forms of online violence such as image-based abuse (IBA) accompany DCC, particularly after the end (or the attempt to end) a relationship (Henry, McGlynn, Flynn, Johnson, Powell, & Scott, 2020;Henry, Powell, & Flynn, 2017;Oliveira et al, 2011).…”

“…The threat of IBA was also referred to as a means used by boys to force girls to remain in a relationship (Oliveira et al, 2011). Furthermore, the co-occurrence of family violence and IPV was also noted, as well as the fact that previous experience of abuse during childhood and adolescence can be a predictor of experiencing IPV in adult life too (Taylor et al, 2017;Ávila, 2017).…”