Mulheres vítimas de violência sob proteção do estado : uma aproximação hermenêutica

Abstract

Violence is a dominant phenomenon in human history since ancient times. When emphasizing interpersonal violence we highlight the woman as one of the main victims, and the marital violence as the most practiced. This phenomenon intersects with gender, subjectivity, social asymmetry, cultural and political dimensions. Thus, under the assumption of a gap between the policy proposals of sheltering and how it is being executed. We defend the argument that the State, represented by the device safe house, assists the women subjected to domestic violence primarily through actions of physical and legal protection, but with little impact on the process of social reintegration of the sheltered. Therefore, we had as a general objective: to understand the experience of women related to domestic violence and the institutional sheltering. Specific objectives: learning how to experience the violence and the passage by the shelter home, identify actions taken by the institution for sheltering in anticipation of the guidelines and objectives of the policy of sheltering. Described study with a qualitative approach, based on the principles of philosophical hermeneutics, for realizing that the phenomenon of violence, its victims and its surroundings are part of a subjective and complex universe. The study setting was a Governmental Organization (shelter home), maintained by the state government of Ceará. We had, as participants, 10 housed women in the data collection period, which occurred in September 2009 and February 2010. The data were collected through semi-structured interviews and workshops. As the results show, the phenomenon of violence was always present intensely in the sheltered life. At the tender age, the perpetrators were fathers, mothers, brothers, stepfathers and stepmothers, with explanations ranging from "educating" to punish. In the adult stage, the most frequent modality is marital violence, exercised physically, psychologically and sexually. They are women of low income, low education, most are domestic / housekeeper. They report a history of suicidal idea, somatic complaints, anger, depression and fear. They broke the violent relationship for fear of being murdered by their companions. This rupture occurred immediately after countless manifestations of shares of extreme violence by the aggressor. The passage by the shelter home represents a period of isolation compounded by the daily lack of entertainment or occupation. According to reports, people would like to spend time at the shelter home to do courses, training, become literate, have leisure time, including going to church, experiencing opportunities which did not exist before. The only fun for them is to see programs on TV channels. As we approached the reality of women victimized by domestic violence, users of the shelter home, we noted the gap between guidelines, objectives and programmatic actions of the policy of sheltering, and how it is applied in practice to their sheltered. The feasibility of our policies has been known and praised even by the less politicized. We can not allow this model to continue committing political lives, dreams, hopes. Its necessary a collective reflection on what we want and what we have in our political landscape. These women, like many Brazilians assisted by limited and inefficient political actions, deserve the opportunity for a better life, fueled by the dream of having their citizenship respected and the satisfaction of making this dream became true.