Abstract

ARIZA SOSA, Gladys Rocío. Social representations of Intimate partner violence in Medellin in XXI century. CES Psicol [online]. 2013, vol.6, n.1, pp.134-158. ISSN 2011-3080.

The implementation of social representation theory allows the visualization of gender relations and contexts evident in cases of intimate partner violence. The objective of this research is to understand representations of abused people, aggressors and their practitioners attending, on intimate partner violence, in historical, sociocultural, political and economic contexts of the city of Medellin in the first decade of XXI century. The qualitative methodological development of this research derived from feminism; is based on social representation theory that is articulated through the discursive history, in depth study, and explanatory contexts of violence. Hegemonic social representations of gender are being transformed by the adoption of a secular civil ethics expressed in emancipated social representations that consider this violence as a crime and have questioned unacceptable rights like the male right to punish a woman. This violence can be avoided by the administration of academic, political, economic and cultural initiatives.

Keywords : Violence; Intimate Partner Violence; Partner Abuse; Feminism; Public Health.

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