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Revista Gerencia y Políticas de Salud
versión impresa ISSN 1657-7027
Resumen
BECCHERI-CORTEZ, Mirian y DE SOUZA, Lidio. Middle class women, gender relations and domestic violence: an exploratory study. Rev. Gerenc. Polit. Salud [online]. 2013, vol.12, n.24, pp.34-53. ISSN 1657-7027.
Objective: the impact of higher socioeconomic status in situations of domestic violence against women was investigated. Method: A qualitative and exploratory study. Three women were interviewed individually with personal incomes exceeding six minimum wages who have experienced physical and / or psychological violence, by their husbands, when they were still married. Alceste software was used to organize and analyze the data. Results and Discussion: In addition to the influence of support networks, of religious belief and financial independence in the decision to report the existence of violence and stop the relationship, it was found in the religious and legal spheres of resolution and mediation of conflicts the negative impact of gender norms and values in sustaining violent relationships. The practice of female empowerment and transformation of values that support gender inequality are important in promoting security and more egalitarian marital relations.
Palabras clave : conjugal violence; violence against women; gender; social class; violence against women; domestic violence; gender studies; social inequity.