Homens autores de violência e a representação social sobre a participação em grupos reflexivos

Abstract

Violence against women occupies a prominent place in the problems faced nationally and internationally, Brazil in the report of violence against women reaches the unfortunate 5th position in the list of countries where the biggest number of women die with the rate of 4.8 homicides per 100 women. On the subject of Brazilian legislation and where it stands on the fight against domestic violence, in 2006 a law, called Maria da Penha Law, was enacted. This legislation helped reflective practice groups for men perpetrators of violence become more visible in Brazil. These groups aim to assist in the process of understanding the act of violence and to redefine the ways of acting in the face of conflicts. Because it is a social phenomenon, we sought in Serge Moscovici's Theory of Social Representations a way to understand the social representation of male perpetrators of violence on their participation in reflective practice groups. Beyond this goal, we also want to know who these men are, their life histories and what they consider as learning acquired from these groups. This is a qualitative research, conducted in July and August of 2019, as a way of collecting data we used a narrative interview with 13 male perpetrators of violence who concluded their participation in reflective practice groups in a city in the southern half of Rio Grande do Sul which has been working with male perpetrators since 2014. The data were transcribed and analyzed based on the analysis proposed by Cardano. As main results, we found that most men perpetrators of violence have low-quality education and have abandoned their studies to support their family of origin. They had little connection with their father figure and some have also suffered childhood violence by their father. Few men do not use psychoactive substances and only 2 of them are not in a relationship with women. After the conclusion of the groups, none of the participants had a new report of domestic violence and for the men, the groups represented a moment of reflection, where they could listen to others; a space to exchange experiences between equals and where they managed to acquire new skills to solve conflicts. Taking these data as a start point, it is intended to encourage prevention of violence in childhood and to put in action the policy of attending men perpetrators of domestic violence on a continuous basis, in order to prevent new episodes of violence and to improve affective relationships. This work reinforces the need to think about new interventions to fight domestic violence that affects everyone, women, children, men and the society in which they operate.