violencia de genero

Gender-based violence refers to violent actions that negatively affect a person's identity, sexuality, reproductive freedom, physical and mental health, and social well-being, based solely on their gender. This includes physical, psychological, sexual, and economic violence. Causes of gender-based violence can include sexist education, child abuse, jealousy, and hate. Many women may stay with their aggressors due to emotional dependence, shame, guilt, or economic dependence. Gender-Based Violence What is gender-based violence? Gender-based violence is the violence that one person exerts on another just because of their gender. The violent actions are all those that negatively affect a person's identity, sexuality and reproductive freedom, physical and mental health, and social well-being. The concept of gender violence applies to violence against women. This type of violence includes dynamics of domination, threats and the arbitrary deprivation of political and civil liberties in the social, domestic, political or work environment. Types of gender-based violence Physical violence It results in injuries, distress and health problems, and may even lead to death in certain cases. Typical forms of physical violence are beating, strangling, pushing and the use of weapons. Psychological violence It is verbal aggression without the intervention of physical contact between people. These behaviour cause damage to the victim on an emotional level, in all areas, family, school, social, work, etc. Sexual violence It includes unconsented sexual acts, attempts to obtain a sexual act, acts to traffic, or acts otherwise directed against a person's sexuality, without the person's consent. Economic violence It is the power exercised against women to make them economically dependent on men. For example, when their economic income are controlled or limited. Some causes of gender-based violence Sexist education Men think he is superior to women. Child abuse Having a childhood full of abuse. Jealousy The aggressor feels inferior to another person. Hate It is the feeling that is expressed through mistreatment, repetition of normal patterns. Habitual abuse that the aggressor consider normal. Why do abuse women stay with their aggressors? For being emotionally dependent. For shame. For feeling guilty. For economic dependence.