Violencia contra las mujeres : perspectiva desde el agresor. Estudio de Casos en Macas y San Cristóbal.

Abstract

This research presents the perceptions of the aggressors regarding the violent acts perpetrated against women. It is a qualitative study of six cases: three of them from the City of Macas and three from the city of San Cristóbal. The six attackers in the aforementioned cases were interviewed and were denounced in the different Cantonal Boards. The results allowed to know that most of the aggressors of the different cases studied have been witnesses or victims of intrafamily violence, educated under patriarchal beliefs expressed in the mandate of the man and the consideration that woman is for the world of the private and her Body is a space for the exercise of power. It was evidenced that their conflict resolution strategies have been violent, from physical violence to the production of injuries and the use of sexual coercion. Violence has been their way of life, generating discrimination and gender inequality in all areas, which negatively influences human development.