Contributions of a social technology from the perspective of men being sued for gender violence

• Main Authors: Fernanda Matheus Estrela (Author), Nadirlene Pereira Gomes (Author), Andrey Ferreira da Silva (Author), Milca Ramaiane da Silva Carvalho (Author), Júlia Renata Fernandes de Magalhães (Author), Álvaro Pereira (Author), Evaldo Almeida da Silva (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Associação Brasileira de Enfermagem, 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Summary

ABSTRACT Objectives: to discover what were the contributions of the Reflexive Group from the perspective of men being sued by marital violence, who participated in a social technology. Methods: qualitative study, resulting from the evaluation stage of an action-research, based on the perspective of Critical Freedom and carried out with 44 men who were being sued in the Peace at Home Courts, in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. Results: the discourses of men being sued for marital violence showed that the reflections enabled them to share their experiences; understand their attitudes as disrespectful, violent, and liable in criminal courts; elaborate of strategies for a harmonious marital life; and become multipliers as a result of their willingness to socialize the information and knowledge that emerged from their group. Conclusions: the study presents a successful experience of the participation of men in reflexive groups and is a precedent for the validation of this social technology.

Item Description

1984-0446
10.1590/0034-7167-2019-0598