Voces silenciadas: hombres que viven violencia en la relación de pareja

Abstract

Different studies about the violence in the relationship have been focused in repport the existence of violence from men to women; however, what happens when men are who receive violence from women? Few research about this topic, notorious absence of government programs, the social ignorance and the cultural pressures, have influenced to silence this social issue. This research was approached since the social constructionism, incorporating the gender perspective. The aim of this research was analyze the process of identity construction of men who have experienced violence in their relationship. The methodology used was qualitative. Three male of 29 years participated. A semi-structured interview was applied to the participants and with the information obtained a content analysis was carried out. The results showed some meanings present in the participants lives, such as respect and caring of the women, however, they build relationships in a violent way where themselves incorporate of a naturalized way the aggression towards them, arriving to feel guilty. It opens a space for the reflection in the form of a conclusion, since the gender is part of a constitutive element in relational terms; however, it is necessary analyze the learning processes in the construction of relationships where violence episodes are incorporated in a "normal". Raising the need to identify and question the character "natural" of the violence, being in the case of men a present problem that many do not socialize it, because under its naturalness character it goes unnoticed as discomfort, and in doing so, it would put them in

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“…48 Guzmán-Pimentel & Rojas-Solís -Violencia al Hombre Revisión On the other hand, support services are mainly aimed at women and consequently support for men is almost zero (Godfrey, 2016;Lysova et al, 2022). Given this panorama they would not seek professional help but rather would go to their close support networks, that is, family and friends (Navarro et al, 2019;Rodríguez et al, 2019). Headlining the importance of the development of services that are accessible and adapted to the physical and emotional needs of men (McCarrick et al, 2016).…”

“…1) The invisibility of IPV against men influenced by traditional gender roles and cultural patterns, which in turn contribute themselves to minimizing and concealing violent episodes (Díaz et al, 2018;Leiva & Lay-Lisboa, 2017;Navarro et al, 2019;Trujano et al, 2010).…”

“…Three situations can arise: 1) The difficulty of admitting vulnerability to violence even justifying it as normal behavior when in disagreement with your partner (Becerra et al 2009;Celis-Sauce & Rojas-Solís, 2015;Ferreira et al, 2015;Pacheco & Castañeda, 2013;Trujano et al, 2010). 2) The social aspects that permeate in the male victims to hide the situation and not bring their masculinity to be questioned (Navarro et al, 2019;Rodrigues et al, 2018), generating guilt for ex periencing violence or the feeling of undervaluation for not being able to assume the role of the provider (Fernández & Florez;2018;Rojas-Andrade et al, 2013). 3) Feelings of loneliness, suffering, shame, and low self-esteem are among the main consequences of suffering violence (Leiva & Lay-Lisboa, 2017;Rodriguez et al, 2019).…”

“…Support services. Men do not usually look for formal sources of support (Navarro et al, 2019), but those who do dare to rely on trusted friends and family (Ferreira et al, 2015;Navarro et al, 2019). As for support services, these do not usually have trained personnel (Rodríguez et al, 2019), perhaps due to the lack of development of a gender perspective.…”

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“…Al hablar de violencia en pareja, la sociedad suele relacionarlo directamente con la mujer; sin embargo, la agresión no se aferra a un determinado género e involucra ambos sexos sin discriminación alguna (Araujo, 2021). Es allí, donde se desvaloriza la agresión contra el hombre, ya sea por estereotipos, prejuicios y roles establecidos por la sociedad, menospreciando las denuncias y el maltrato que padecen dentro de la relación (Navarro et al, 2019). La población víctima con mayor incidencia de este fenómeno son jóvenes y adultos, en relaciones formales, sin embargo, en la etapa de convivencia se desarrolla episodios relacionados con la violencia físico y psicológico hacia los hombres (Páramo & Arrigoni, 2018;Floyd et al, 2016).…”