Violence by intimate partner and health: representations of women from a city in Paraná, Brazil

• Autor(a) principal: Silva, Tânia Maria Gomes da
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: Bernuci, Marcelo Picinin, Silva, Andréa Tenório Correia da, Marques, Andréa Grano, Garcia, Lucas França, Tolotti, Neusa Gomes Rodrigues
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Saúde (Santa Maria)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.ufsm.br/revistasaude/article/view/41999
• topic: Gender Violence; Oral History; Social Representations; Health Promotion.; Violência de Gênero; História oral; Representação Social; Promoção da Saúde.

It is a qualitative, exploratory study, using oral history methodology, through semi-structured interviews with four residents of a municipality of Paraná, victims of violence practiced by intimate partners. The objective is to analyze representations of violence from a generational perspective and to understand the relationship between violence and illness. The examination of the narratives uses the method of content analysis, supported by the Theory of Social Representations. Physical and psychological abuse are identified as violence; poverty hampers the disruption of abusive relationships; the violence practiced by intimate partners is identified as a stressing element of life and compromising health. Empirical research confirms that violence results from cultural permanences that legitimize asymmetries in conjugal relations, prevailing female subalternity. It is concluded that there is a need for a social organization that promotes gender equality in order to confront violence, disseminate a culture of peace and promote health.