Representações e vivências da violência na perspectiva de usuárias de um Centro de Referência no Atendimento à Mulher

Abstract

This article presents the results of a mixed methodology research, developed with users of a Reference Center for Assistance to Women (CRAM), located in a medium-sized city in the State of Paraná. CRAM serves women in situations of violence, ensuring them access to public policies in defense of their rights. The theoretical-methodological approach used gender studies (SCOTT, SAFFIOTTI) and representation in the psychosocial perspective (MOSCOVICI). The objective was to know the practices and representations of domestic violence to which women were exposed. Forty questionnaires were available at CRAM for a period of 30 days. The technical team was responsible for orienting users who agreed to participate in the study and twenty women accepted the invitation. The systematization of the data followed the content analysis (BARDIN) and showed that violence is frequent in the lives of these women. It was concluded that aggressions practiced by intimate partners is an element which destabilizes life.