Citation

Paixão GPDN, Pereira Á, Gomes NP, Sousa AR, Estrela FM, Silva Filho URPD, Araújo IB. Rev. Bras. Enferm. 2018; 71(1): 178-184.

Affiliation

Universidade Federal da Bahia, School of Nursing, Postgraduate Program in Nursing. Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, Associacao Brasilerira de Enfermagem)

DOI

10.1590/0034-7167-2016-0475

PMID

29324961

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: to analyze male criminals' perception about marital violence.

METHOD: An exploratory, descriptive, qualitative study undertaken with 23 men who were criminally prosecuted for marital violence. A multimethod data collection was conducted, with individual interview and focal group techniques combined, between May and December 2015. The data collected were initially categorized using the NVIVO® 11 software program, and then organized using the Collective Subject Discourse method.

RESULTS: the collective discourses reveal that, in the male's perception, conjugal violence is inherent in a marital relationships: it is a private, reciprocal problem that leaves body marks.

CONCLUSION: gender dissymmetry as a social construct is evidenced, signaling the need to create spaces for reflection and re-signification of men and women, from a gender perspective.

Language: pt