A woman is beaten: the impasses of victimization / Bate-se em uma mulher: impasses da vitimização

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2007

RESUMO

The goal of this dissertation is to conduct a critical analysis, through the theoretical concepts developed in the field of psychoanalysis, of public policies that address the phenomenon of domestic violence between men and women, especially as regards the latter. This examination shows that such policies address the issue based on a concept clearly involving an aggressor/victim binary relation, in which the woman, considered as a victim of unfavorable conditions, deserves specific legal assistance. Our intention is not to deny that victims exist, but rather to raise the question of whether a discourse articulated around the logic of binary opposites - strong/weak, victim/aggressor - contributes to perpetuate a view it aims to fight: women as weak and vulnerable beings in need of protection. The dissertation has two dimensions. The first one, theoretical, consists in examining both the construction of women as victims in the course of history and the insights psychoanalysis offers to help understand the construction of the victim from a subjective point of view. The second approach, of a practical nature, entails the presentation and discussion of a case assisted in a non-governmental organization located in the city of São Paulo called Pró-Mulher Família e Cidadania [Pro-Woman, Family and Citizenship] and aims at proposing alternatives that transcend the strictly juridical means prevailing today.

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violence imaginário vitimização women victimizacion ética psychoanalysis mulheres violência imaginary ethics psicanálise

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