“Eu acho que mulher nasce pra isso”: representações sociais de usuárias do CREAS/Sobral quanto a violências cometidas pelos parceiros.

Abstract

The present study sought to investigate the meanings attributed and shared by users served by CREAS/SOBRAL with regard to the violence suffered and experienced in the home, understanding the social representations built by these women on the experienced phenomenon. The Theory of Social Representations proposed by Moscovici was adopted as theoretical reference. The methodological strategy used was qualitative research and data collection instruments were observation and semi-structured interview. Three interviews were conducted with women aged between 25 and 45 years. The results showed that respondents showed greater ease in characterizing physical aggression as violence compared to forms of psychological violence and alcohol intake was placed as the main motivation for violence, followed by jealousy. The representations of the aggressors were anchored in two spheres: one affective and one negative. Regarding future prospects, we observed representations anchored in the lack of possibilities and paralysis. The consequences of violence and the feelings experienced before it complete the representations of these women. The article is divided into four topics, besides the introduction. In the first topic we present the methodological paths of the research. In the following, we deal with violence and gender, making some considerations about the phenomenon of violence and its manifestation as gender violence, more specifically perpetrated against women related to the Theory of Social Representations perspective. The analysis of the interviews and the survey discussions are presented in the third topic, followed by the fourth topic with final considerations.