Sob os muros das convenções e as muitas faces da violência de gênero: Ribeirão Preto/SP (2007 a 2013)

Abstract

The purpose of this research is, from the matter of gender violence and its countless premises, to try to define the position adopted by women victim of aggression from their partner on the spaces, subjects and against themselves, so that it is possible to decide and/or to make considerations about the existence of acts of resistance, reproduction and/or repetition of the violence that takes them as their object by excellence. For that purpose, the Police Station for the Defense of Women in Ribeirão Preto/SP was selected as the place for execution of the analytical proposals from this research, during the period from 2007 to 2013. This study, therefore, consists of results from the application of a questionnaire to 30 battered women and to 10 civilian police officers, for whom it is guaranteed complete anonymity. As documentary sources, were used the police reports recorded by DDM Ribeirão Preto/ SP for the construction of a statistical analysis of the three most frequent offenses against women, as well as of the socioeconomic profile of 60 battered women. As for the academic approach, were prefered discussions related to culture, violence, family and, in particular, gender studies. Following that line, are highlighted in this paper authors such as Joan Scott, Michel Foucault, Bourdieu, Claudia Fonseca, Teresa de Lauretis, Heleieth IB Saffioti, Eni de Mesquita Samara, among others.