Causes and consequences of domestic violence and gender 
Understanding the causes and consequences of domestic violence and gender a society like we are today, patriarchal and a high degree of exercise tolerance of violence as a solution to the problems that arose within it, not without difficulty.
While in recent years there has been some social awareness of the no-blame of victims in acts of gender and domestic violence, there is still great ignorance about the causes that generate or effects that may occur on the physical or psychological health. In many cases, this lack of knowledge has been replaced by myths of popular imagination, largely harmful to aid the victims and the analysis of a complex problem.
Based on the point that today, most of society has placed the victim and abuser / a, in their proper places, we still have a pending a second step: to understand that leaving a situation of abuse continuity is not a simple task as it may seem at first glance. We must warn that domestic violence and gender is not a situation occurring by chance or in isolation, without causes or consequences. Therefore, not enough to the desire of the individual not to be abused or unwilling to escape. The step taken by the company to de-legitimize this kind of violence, we must add the compression to the question we ask when we support a person and yet can not get rid of this situation, that is, why is bear the maltreatment?. This is a turning point for reflection on the causes that produce it and how they affect the responsiveness of the sufferer.
Overall violence has been legitimized by society in response to the resolution of certain conflicts. Depending on the generations, to a greater or lesser extent, we have been socialized with values \u200b\u200bof permissiveness toward it, for example, its use within a family clearly hierarchical.
addition, the culture, so strong at times and other more cryptic, has made clear what should occupy the space that women and men, placing them within the roles of masculinity and femininity. What is its place in the hierarchy of each and the authorization to use violent means to impose themselves and relate to, depending on the scale that we occupy within of that hierarchy.
born here some of the most significant causes that trigger the gender and domestic violence. Hierarchy of gender and family members and legitimacy to use violence.
The cultural origin of causes has been reinforced for years by the institutions we represent and support our social system in which even today still, they continue to use authoritarian and sexist patterns. Institutions such as religious, educational, justice and the media.
On the latter, the media, no one escapes us how even in recent years have seen an offensive use of violence (verbal, physical, etc. ..) or to generate audience sexism. Talk shows, reality shows or tabloid programs have emerged as prime programs applauding and encouraging violent and sexist behavior.
All of these behaviors, cultural and institutional variables are added to each individual's learning the devaluation of the roles assigned to women and the resolution of disputes violently.
institutions such as schools, with the leap to the public in the cases of bullying, they also give us an example of its inability to curb the violence, and transmit values \u200b\u200bthat include: the self-esteem, assertiveness, mutual respect or resources to expose our emotions. In cases of gender and domestic violence we see in our environment can be profiled, that this lack of values \u200b\u200band skills, will be among the triggers of violence. Along with these shortcomings, the aggressors are men with a marked patriarchal ideology with traditional male-female models very marked, which do not allow for flexibility in their relationships or family. This limitation in his role he also generates emotional isolation, ie not allowed to express their feelings and frustrations and is creating an emotional stress. This tension is being increased by the inflexibility in the roles, not to tolerate, or tolerate the breach thereof.
In some cases men and women who have suffered abuse at different scales, as a child, learned that the resolution of disputes is the use of force. This has contributed, therefore, to have low self-esteem and react violently to events with high tolerance for conflict or abuse, as appropriate.
As mentioned above, the culture and institutions in the socialization that takes place each person has a high specific weight and a great responsibility as a causal model of domestic violence and gender. Therefore, we can see that the education we receive does not promote reciprocal relations, recognition of the autonomy of another person and understanding of a relationship as a series of agreements between free people. On the contrary, they promote asymmetrical relations, which will then position of women victims and men the aggressors. That socialization
pointing to the woman's need to be a caregiver eternal and true human relations specialist, finished marking many of the reasons why women endure domestic violence. The conviction that should not live for herself, but for others, because otherwise it would a bad wife, mother and even women, in many cases leads to "sacrifice." In this light, women accept myths as romantic love or to endure this type of situation is best for their children, which deprive them of a life with a parent.
This set of conditions a priori as acceptance of the role of caregivers, caretakers of the family and marriage, the subordination to male abuse suffered during childhood or economic inequality, a growing number of feelings of guilt not to exercise "proper" role. Aim
these initial beliefs, added to feelings of guilt are being developed within a context of violence, with all their implications and impact of circles over the causes of maltreatment that are supported, creating new cases.
enter here in the consequences that such maltreatment occur, starting with some, not for obvious are displayed normally. This is the case of the difficulty of leaving the violent situation, or even recognize it.
When we observe in our everyday life situations of violence, we are not aware of the difficulty of the person suffering, to abandon the violent spiral. We fail to perceive the psychological weakening of the succession law of the violent cycles or units as economic.
know in these cases the pathological processes of adaptation of the battered woman as learned helplessness, loss of control or low conceptual answer, are key to understanding some of the serious consequences that occurred in the psychology of the individual episodes as violence continued and has it affected his ability to defend and answer.
Since the most dramatic chapters of use of physical force to inflict violence or sexual abuse, to the more subtle developed through psychological violence by intimidation, insults, threats, or triangulation, all part of a accumulation of stress cycle, explosion of violence and honeymoon, which generates the victims mental confusion, depression, dissociation, isolation, resentment of the physical and real serious psychiatric disorders may manifest in its peak in the suicide or the attempt to carry it out.
Given the complexity of the phenomenon, due in part to the rootedness of the origins of the causes that foster in our society, we must start with a base of knowledge and reflection to understand the extent of personal trauma and human tragedy without going into simplistic approaches.
World Report on Violence WHO Health in 2002 noted that "the violence is the leading cause of loss of life among women 15 to 44 years over the war, traffic accidents or other types of cancer." This data can give us a view of the dimension of a problem which is in the patriarchal culture of its main causes. Understand that we as a society need to review and androcentric cultural norms, the roles of masculinity and femininity, the authoritarian ways of relating to other men / women or models of conflict resolution through violence is to understand the need for society to be diminishing more and more acts of violence emerging, especially those of violence as serious, both in numbers, and their effect, such as domestic violence and gender.
thus envision that if the majority of men who batter do not suffer from conditions, maybe it is society that is sick and needs a change.
