Violência física, psicologia e sexual em mulheres: um estudo transversal

Abstract

Introduction: Violence against women is an old problem and has serious consequences for women's health. Recently this phenomenon has been more widely recognized as a violation of women's rights and a limitation to their participation in society. In Brazil, physical violence is understood as any act that harms bodily integrity or health, psychological violence as conduct that causes emotional harm and sexual violence that involves forcing a woman to experience, witness or participate in unwanted sexual relations. Objective: Identify the most common type of violence and its prevalence and identify the profile of the perpetrator and victims. Methods: Active search in Goiânia for women who suffered violence. The search for participants was active through direct contact, social networks, multiplatform instant messaging applications (WhatsApp, Telegram). Results: 84 women participated in this study. 39.3% (33) report that they have already suffered violence, regarding the understanding of what is considered violence 77.4% (65) answered physical violence, 60.7% (51) psychological violence and 23.8% (20) violence sexual. And the perpetrator of aggression 31.6%(25) points to his ex-boyfriend/partner as the aggressor. Conclusion: The highest incidence of violence against women is physical, many recognize the different types of violence when asked about the subjec