Los mitos del amor romántico y la violencia psicológica hacia la mujer. Una mirada desde el Psicoanálisis.

Abstract

Violence against women in recent years has been increasing, this problem manifests itself in our society, from which it affects women without restrictions; Psychological violence being the most damaging, because this violence is linked to gender inequality that is fostered in the culture, it is characterized by the power or dominance exercised towards women, however, this type of violence produces emotional damage, by At the same time, it limits the rational capacity of the victim, therefore, psychological violence in couples is not only a question of gender, it occurs in men and women, although relatively women are more vulnerable to being a victim, confusing violence as a form of loving, these beliefs linked to love; The purpose of this research is to analyze psychological violence against women and its relationship with the myth of romantic love from a psychoanalytic perspective, which is why the research is qualitative in nature, based on various definitions by authors from the psychological and psychoanalytic, the descriptive approach is adopted in such a way that it defines and describes in detail the importance and uniqueness of the study topic by means of a case study. It is concluded that female love is a sincere love full of feelings and love, to the point that they give everything for their partner, a love of imbalance and orthodox in inequality, therefore, that the man can dominate, suppressing his desires and the dependence on women.