Violence against women and commitment to health from the perspective of victims
International Journal of Development Research
Violence against women and commitment to health from the perspective of victims
Received 26th May, 2019; Received in revised form 11th June, 2019; Accepted 14th July, 2019; Published online 30th August, 2019
Copyright © 2019, Tânia Maria Gomes da Silva et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Based on an ethnographic study, this article aimed to discuss domestic violence against women perpetrated by intimate partners and its consequences on the health of victims. Data collection was performed through semi-structured and individual interviews with 15 aging women in a municipality in the northwest of Paraná. The results showed that 14 women lived abusive relationships. Of these, 08 suffered psychological violence and 06 as much psychological as physical aggressions. Physical violence was always accompanied by psychological violence, but the opposite was not always the case. Violence was defined by all interviewees as an element that intends life. It is concluded that gender-based violence compromises health and quality of life.
