What does it mean to be abused? Analyzing gender violence through data survey

From the analysis of a large victimization survey, the article explores the subjective definition of abuse, that is, what is interpreted by women as such. The results show that, by itself, physical violence is the modality largely recognized as abuse, while at the opposite extreme is the sexual viol...

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Main Author: Ana Safranoff
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad Nacional de La Plata 2017-06-01
Series:Revista Latinoamericana de Metodología de las Ciencias Sociales
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Online Access:http://www.relmecs.fahce.unlp.edu.ar/article/view/6167
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spelling doaj-c12b8ad3a0534f8d9e5f3ee1f9af29c72020-11-24T22:10:10ZengUniversidad Nacional de La PlataRevista Latinoamericana de Metodología de las Ciencias Sociales 1853-78632017-06-0171e019e01910.24215/18537863e0196167What does it mean to be abused? Analyzing gender violence through data surveyAna Safranoff0Centro de Estudios de PoblaciónFrom the analysis of a large victimization survey, the article explores the subjective definition of abuse, that is, what is interpreted by women as such. The results show that, by itself, physical violence is the modality largely recognized as abuse, while at the opposite extreme is the sexual violence, which, for most women, is not identified as abuse. The article concludes that the study of gender violence through survey data should consider not only the subjective view of the abuse but also the technique so as to capture all the different forms of violence (physical, psychological and sexual).http://www.relmecs.fahce.unlp.edu.ar/article/view/6167Violencia de GéneroIndicadores de maltratoViolencia físicaViolencia PsicológicaViolencia Sexual
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What does it mean to be abused? Analyzing gender violence through data survey
Revista Latinoamericana de Metodología de las Ciencias Sociales
Violencia de Género
Indicadores de maltrato
Violencia física
Violencia Psicológica
Violencia Sexual
author_facet Ana Safranoff
author_sort Ana Safranoff
title What does it mean to be abused? Analyzing gender violence through data survey
title_short What does it mean to be abused? Analyzing gender violence through data survey
title_full What does it mean to be abused? Analyzing gender violence through data survey
title_fullStr What does it mean to be abused? Analyzing gender violence through data survey
title_full_unstemmed What does it mean to be abused? Analyzing gender violence through data survey
title_sort what does it mean to be abused? analyzing gender violence through data survey
publisher Universidad Nacional de La Plata
series Revista Latinoamericana de Metodología de las Ciencias Sociales
issn 1853-7863
publishDate 2017-06-01
description From the analysis of a large victimization survey, the article explores the subjective definition of abuse, that is, what is interpreted by women as such. The results show that, by itself, physical violence is the modality largely recognized as abuse, while at the opposite extreme is the sexual violence, which, for most women, is not identified as abuse. The article concludes that the study of gender violence through survey data should consider not only the subjective view of the abuse but also the technique so as to capture all the different forms of violence (physical, psychological and sexual).
topic Violencia de Género
Indicadores de maltrato
Violencia física
Violencia Psicológica
Violencia Sexual
url http://www.relmecs.fahce.unlp.edu.ar/article/view/6167
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