El entorno social y la violencia de género aplicada por hombres adolescentes.

Abstract

A violent social environment could be a solid influence on the expression of violence in many forms, and gender violence instigated by male adolescents. Data are limited on several elements that may be a risk for them to become victims and offenders in adulthood stages. This study is focused on a group of male adolescents from 13 to 17 years old, occasional patients from a Primary Care Hospital of Limones, a small town from Ecuador’s northern frontier. Frequently, young males are not only witnesses of violent events between their parents but have also experienced it from them. Furthermore, it is surprising to find that since early ages, many males tend to support the idea that women overstate gender violence, besides, they admit committing physical violence towards his peers, plus verbal, physical and sexual violence, towards a woman. Their emerging violent thoughts and behaviors are highly associated with their different realities, and the under-reporting of cases of violence and crimes that occur in adult generations in this town. This transgenerational impact requires taking a point of early intervention, emphasizing that these same young males, openly state that no woman should experience violence of any kind. Making use of a quantitative method, this study investigates violent conditions that males are impelled to face since early ages, analyzing backgrounds in which violence is showed among its closest bonds, revealing the impact and influence in medical, psychological and social areas, also suggesting an opportune intervention through a preventive interdisciplinary project.