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Family violence in Argentina

violence familiar: an evil that grows in Argentina
The case of Maria Rosa Barrientos says Peacesuffer an ordeal by her former husband holds thescourge. "I pointed the revolver at the head having my baby next to" the woman told Channel 26.
"I do not want to be or Alicia Muñiz, Carolina or Hello ... I will not be any. What I have to kill me? "Says the woman crying in front of the cameras of Channel 26. Maria Rosa gives an alarm signal recognized by appealing to cases in which couples killed their wives.


Mary Riosa argues that they and their daughters are afraid to leave his home, which prevents them from doing their normal lives. "We did not sleep at night ... my daughters do not know what to dance or anger at a friend's house. We have no freedom. "


The question is how Mary Rose and her daughters deal with their day to day?. "We slept two hours, we took turns sleeping, I'm the most awake I stay. We live here enclosed. We ask a neighbor or friends of my daughters to be us errands. If we leave the house gets you in and you destroy everything. My children are two years since I go to school because they can not get out. "


In 2007, 15 000 complaints were made in the City of Buenos Aires. The Directorate of Women received another 12 thousand complaints, while the Ministry of Justice acted on other 3 000 complaints. In terms of percentages related to family violence, 95 percent of victims are women, 2 percent are men and 3 percent of cases the violence is crossed. According to a report by the IDB in Argentina 25 percent of women are victims of some form of violence .... something to think about.




Violencia familiar: un mal que crece en la Argentina
El caso de María Rosa Barrientos Paz que dice sufrir un calvario por parte de su ex marido sostiene el flagelo. “Me apuntaba con el revolver en la cabeza teniendo a mi bebita al lado” contó la mujer a Canal 26.


“Yo no quiero ser ni Alicia Muñiz, ni Carolina Aló...no quiero ser ninguna de ellas. ¿Qué tengo que matarlo yo?” dice la mujer llorando frente a las cámaras de Canal 26. María Rosa da una señal de alarma apelando a reconocidos casos en que las parejas dieron muerte a sus mujeres. 


María Riosa sostiene que ellas y sus hijas tienen miedo de salir de su casa, lo cual les impide hacer su vida normal. “No dormimos de noche...mis hijas no saben lo que es ira a bailar o la a casa de una amiga. No tenemos libertad”. 


La pregunta es ¿Cómo María Rosa y sus hijas sobrellevan su día a día?. “Dormimos dos horas, nos turnamos para dormir, yo soy la que más despierta me quedo. Vivimos encerradas acá. Le pedimos a algún vecino o a los amigos de mis hijas que vayan a hacernos los mandados. Si dejamos la casa se te mete adentro y te destroza todo. Mis hijos hacen dos años que no van a la escuela porque no pueden salir”. 
Durante 2007 se hicieron 15 mil denuncias en la Ciudad de Buenos Aires. La Dirección de la Mujer recibió otras 12 mil denuncias, mientras que el Ministerio de Justicia dio curso a otras 3 mil imputaciones. En cuanto a los porcentajes relacionados con la violencia familiar el 95 por ciento de las víctimas son mujeres, un 2 por ciento son hombres y en un 3 por ciento de los casos la violencia es cruzada. Según un informe del BID en la Argentina el 25 por ciento de las mujeres es víctima de algún tipo de violencia....algo para pensar.

Domestic violence cases

The Lissette Ochoa Case

Lissette Ochoa husband forgave her attacker, withdrew the charges against him and returned with him

Lissette Ochoa's story is similar to the thousands of women in Colombia. It is a frequent victim of ruthless violence by the man who claims to love her. The difference is that his case had national resonance because their own family, who saved his life when he was attacked rescuing and transferring it to the hospital emergency took pictures that hung on the Internet, prompting a nationwide rejection.

His face beaten summoned the country to reflect on the violence that soon goes underground in the mass media. They demanded justice, and Rafael Dangond Lacouture, her husband, as was obvious, ended up in jail.

Lissette Ochoa wrote a testimonial for the magazine SoHo as an example of what can not happen in the heart of a home (see text).

However, the case took an unexpected turn in the last hours, when it transpired that the victim decided to forgive her attacker, withdrew the charges against and reconciled with him. The relationship had been resumed in the increasingly frequent visits to her in her prison. After he left prison, she received it.

"Rafael is mine, mine, mine," they heard him screaming at people Lissette Ochoa asked if they had really become. And yes, the fears of her parents, family and friends, and became a concern, before the withdrawal filed by the victim.

A source who follows the case confirmed to SEMANA.COM information. "Lissete dropped the charges, terminated the criminal proceedings and divorce. She gave up a personal and individual, without your counsel or your family. "

Additionally, Lissette cut off all communication with their parents, who now worries what might happen to the couple's children, ages 8 and 6 years. They are together, says everyone in Ottawa, as they have been seen together at school for the children and took a few days ago to rent an apartment.

Given the events transpired that the ICBF would be taking action on the matter for fear that something might happen to children.

Lissette told the prosecutor that Rafael Dangond ever attempted murder. In the legal arena, lawyers for the defense of Dangond Lacouture even won a success for you, with a legal Malabar: presented the results of the Institute of Legal Medicine where she reportedly suffered no consequences, so the actions of attempted murder are also about to fall. Possibility that in practice is an imminent reality because Lissette also withdrew criminal proceedings and also suspended the divorce that was already doing its course. Lissette Ochoa's story is similar to the thousands of women in Colombia are beaten and then return to her attacker. There is no right.

What is family violence?

Family violence


There is talk of violence when one person hurts ormistreats another. In cases of family violence, the person who hurt or abused a family member or partner, for example, your spouse, boyfriend or girlfriend. The abuser can be male or female.
Family violence also receive the following names:
Domestic violence.
Domestic violence.
Violence against women.
There are different types of family violence:
Physics.
Sexual.
Emotional.
Psychological.
Financial.
In Canada, domestic violence is a crime. Are prohibited by law.
In Canada, at least one in ten women have beenvictims of abuse. Family violence can occurbetween people of any culture, race, religion, sexual orientation, income or education level.



Domestic violence Occurs when a person knowingly and willfully causes physical or psychological harm to another person. This includes all acts of violence against womenin the family or intimate relationships. Besides being the leading cause of injury to women in the United States, this is an alarming situation of concern about its negative effects on all family members, especially children.


Although it is difficult to obtain accurate information and data on the problem of domestic violence because it is extensively under-reported, you know some aspects of the problem:


Domestic violence is not limited to any socioeconomic group, ethnic, religious, racial.
About 20 percent of all women in the United States has been involved with abusive partners at some point in their lives. In fact, American women are more likely to be assaulted or injured, raped or murdered by a man in their relationship than any other type of assailant.
As many as 4 million cases of domestic violence in women occur annually in the U.S.
Nearly 25 percent of all emergency visits to hospitals for women have been the result ofdomestic violence assaults.


What are the signs of domestic violence?


If you think you are in abusive relationship, here are some questions to ask yourself:


Have you ever been hurt physically, and kicked, pushed or hit by their partner or ex-partner? Has your partner threatened to hurt her to force her to do something?
Has your partner tried to keep her away from her family, or going to school or doing other things that are important to you?
Do you feel as if under the control or isolated from your partner?
Have you ever been forced by their partner to have sex when you did not want?
Has your partner has insisted on having unprotected sex?
Is your partner jealous and it always asks if you are faithful?
Does your partner blame for things that are beyond your control?
Does your partner regularly insult? Are you afraid of your partner or go home? Does he make you feel insecure?
There are other signs of domestic violence that observers can see a family member or friend who is in an abusive relationship:


It is very biased, "accidents" or is injured at different times
It blows that can not be caused by an "accident" or that do not match the story than to cause them occurrió
It blows to various parts of the body, especially in areas that are less prone to shocks, such as the face, neck, chest, abdomen or genitals
Bruises, burns or wounds in the shape of teeth, hands, straps / belts, cigarette or you have gloves or socks covering their wounds (due to burns on the hands or feet with boiling water)
Seek medical help more often or not, wait too long to seek medical help or even to completely prevent serious injury or shock
Signs of depression
Use alcohol or drugs
Has attempted suicide
What is the law of domestic violence in Illinois?


The Domestic Violence Act, 1986 Illinois government efforts focused more on this problem. These efforts were enforzados by recent decisions of the Supreme Court of Illinois, putting more "teeth" in the law by terms of enforcing the law to protect victims of domestic violence. According to Illinois law, police officers must take steps to protect victims of domestic violence when a family member or household has committed any act abusive.


"A family or household member" includes spouses and former spouses, parents, children and stepchildren, who previously shared the same household, persons who were dating or were involved (regardless of gender), people who claim to have children in common , impedimentso people and their personal assistants.


"Abuse" includes physical abuse (pushing, hitting, forced sex, prevent you leave, harassment (creating distractions at work, repeated phone calls, chasing or watching, preventing you from seeing your children, threatening to hurt), force a child or any other person to see the abuse, forcing her to do things you do not want to do and to deny a disabled person the right to needed care.




Violencia familiar





¿Qué es la violencia doméstica?
La violencia doméstica occurre cuando concientemente y a propósito una persona le causa daños físicos o psicológicos a otra persona. Esto incluye todos los actos de violencia en contra de las mujeres en el contexto familiar o de relaciones íntimas. Además de ser la causa principal de lesiones en las mujeres en los Estados Unidos, esta es una situación de alarmante preocupación por sus efectos negativos en todos los miembros de la familia, especialmente los niños.


A pesar de que es difícil obtener información y datos correctos sobre el problema de la violencia doméstica porque está extensivamente bajo-reportados, se conocen algunos aspectos del problema:


La violencia doméstica no está limitada a ningún grupo socioeconómico, étnico, religiosos, raciales.
Cerca de 20 porciento de todas las mujeres en los Estados Unidos han estado envueltas con parejas abusivas en algún punto de sus vidas. De hecho las mujeres americanas están más predispuestas a ser asaltadas o lesionadas, violadas o asesinadas por un hombre en su relación que por cualquier otro tipo de asaltante.
Tantas como 4 millones de casos de violencia doméstica en las mujeres ocurren anualmente en los Estados Unidos
Casi 25 porciento de todas las visitas de emergencia a los hospitales por mujeres han sido resultado de asaltos de violencia doméstica.


¿Cuáles son los señales de la violencia doméstica?


Si usted cree que se encuentra en relación abusiva, estas son algunas preguntas que debe hacerse:


¿Alguna vez la han lastimado físicamente, como pateada, empujada o golpeada, por su parejo o ex-pareja? ¿Alguna vez su pareja la ha amenazado con lastimarla para obligarla a hacer algo?
¿Su pareja ha tratado de mantenerla alejada de su familia, o de ir a la escuela o de hacer otras cosas que son importantes para usted?
¿Se siente como si estuviera bajo el control o aislada de su pareja?
¿Alguna vez ha sido forzada por su pareja a tener sexo cuando usted no quería?
¿Alguna vez su pareja ha insistido en tener sexo sin protección?
¿Es su pareja bien celoso y siempre le pregunta si usted le es fiel?
¿Su pareja la culpa de cosas que están fuera de su control?
¿Su pareja la insulta regularmente? ¿Tiene miedo de su pareja o de regresar a su casa? ¿El la hace sentirse insegura?
Existen otros signos de violencia doméstica que observadores pueden ver en un miembro de su familia o una amiga que está en una relación abusiva:


Está muy predispuesta a los "accidentes" o se lastima en diferentes ocasiones
Tiene golpes que no pueden haber sido causados por un "accidente" o que no coinciden con la historia de lo que occurrió para causarlos
Tiene golpes en diferentes partes del cuerpo, especialmente en áreas que son menos propensas a golpes, como la cara, el cuello, el pecho, abdomen o genitales
Tiene moretones, quemadas o heridas con la forma de dientes, manos, correas/cintos, cigarrillos o la persona tiene guantes o medias cubriendo sus heridas (debido a quemaduras en las manos o en los pies con agua hirviendo)
Busca ayuda médica con mucha frecuencia o al contrario, espera demasiado para buscar ayuda médica o la evita por completo hasta para heridas o golpes serios
Tiene signos de depresión
Usa alcohol o drogas
Tiene intentos suicidas
¿Cuál es la ley de la violencia doméstica en Illinois?


El Acta de Violencia Doméstica de Illinois de 1986 enfocó más esfuerzos gubernamentales en este problema. Éstos esfuerzos fueron enforzados por recientes decisiones de la Corte Suprema de Illinois, poniendo más "dientes" en la ley mediante mandatos de que se cumpla la ley para proteger a las víctimas de violencia doméstica. Según la ley de Illinois, los oficiales de la policía deben tomar ciertos pasos para proteger a las víctimas de violencia doméstica cuando un miembro de su familia o de su hogar haya cometido cualquier acto abusivo.


"Un familiar o miembro del hogar" incluye esposos y ex-esposos, padres, hijos e hijastros, personas que anteriormente compartieron el mismo hogar, personas que fueron novios o estuvieron comprometidos (sin importar su género), personas que alegan tener hijos en común, personas con impedimentso y sus asistentes personales.


"Abuso" incluye abuso físico (empujar, golpear, sexo forzado, impedir que usted se vaya, hostigamiento (creando distracciones en su empleo, repetidas llamadas telefónicas, persiguiendo o observándola, impidiendo que usted vea a sus hijos, amenazando con lastimarla), forzar a un niño o cualquier otra persona a observar el abuso, forzándola a hacer cosas que usted no quiere hacer y negándole a una persona incapacitada el derecho a el cuidado necesario.

Violence against men

Violence against men
Violence against men is a type of domestic violence that is part of what is called intimate partner violence, where the role of aggressor is taken by women (heterosexual couples), or by the male character in those couples homosexual. Violence against men is not considered violence (such as with intimate partner violence perpetrated against women) as it is not attributed to inequalities between the sexes (as in female), 1 however, some authors indicate that both violence against women and in which is conducted against men can find similar reasons, 2 while the process of identifying the man as a victim is complex and no free controversias.3
From this perspective, and in the context of heterosexual couples, female violence is socially less acceptable than the male, indicating that they usually tend to use indirect ways to express it, suggesting that many times when a woman has been violent, it is have previously been victim, 4 in fact born here the figure of the "primary aggressor", which in simple terms relates the violent attitude of the woman with the existence of ex ante background as víctima.5 6 In the case of homosexual couples in both , we would observe a similar attitude, even in a mistaken logic "mutual combat" situations of violence by one party to the otra.7
Within the sociocultural context of the stereotype of masculinity, they often conceal some of the victims or disguise the be suffering this problem for fear of being judged negatively by the rest of the society.8 In some men, this avoidance behavior could be justified by the fear of being ridiculed by their friends, coworkers or simply retreat to their semejantes.8 Because of the reluctance of men to disclose their status, the scope of this problem becomes difficult to assess, but several studies indicate that within the various acts of violence perpetrated against them can be found: indirect sexual violence (ridicule, unfounded accusations or attacks when you are not able to respond sexually), 9 verbal violence, physical violence, among others.
It should be noted that there is no inclusion of this phenomenon as gender violence within the legal systems of Spain and Latin America, although in the first case for example, some Spanish journalists who define themselves as such

Filio-parental violence

Filio-parental violence


Filio-parental violence (VFP) and violence of children to parents is the set of behaviorsrepeated physical aggression (hitting, shoving, throwing objects), verbal (repeated insults, threats) or nonverbal (gestures threatening,breach of valued objects) aimed at parents or adults who take their lugar14. It includes, then, threats and insults, whether performed through gestures or verbalizations, physical assault of any kind, or conscious break objects found by thevictim. Furthermore, violence must be directedagainst parents or parent figures those theyreplace, tutors, teachers, etc..
Not be included, therefore, in this definition theoccasional violence and no previous history does not repeat. This excludes, almost generalized, parricide, which has specific characteristics that set it apart and often constituted a single episode,without a prior history record. Excluded are also the parents sexual assault and assault with deadly weapons premeditated as being of a different profile, and the violence that appears in a state ofserious decline in consciousness (autism orsevere mental retardation) and not when this stateis repeated forwards: violence during intoxication,organic mental disorders, disorders of the course or content of thought, and so on.

The phenomenon of domestic violence

The phenomenon of domestic violence
Author: Ms. Diana Sanz. Psychologist. Specialist Child abuse and child sexual abuse. Director of Home for Adolescent Mothers and Supervisor of the telephone line "I help you" orientation, containment and referral of Child and Adolescent abuse; services of the Government of the City of Buenos Aires | e-mail: diana_sanz@hotmail.com


Certainly violence is a phenomenon that is part of our everyday experiences in the most diverse circumstances. It is an invisible presence that colors many of our everyday experiences, and causes intense feelings. News reports about robberies, murders or rapes, more subtle forms of abuse suffered in the workplace, an insult street. The different forms of violence to which invisibly and even in a "naturalized" usually suffer personal emotional resonate in each of us. The violence itself takes specific forms of appearance according to the contexts in which it states: social, political, economic, family, etc. Violence within the family (violence against women, abuse of parents towards their children, adult children abuse their elderly parents), not a problem neither modern nor recent, on the contrary has been a feature of life family since ancient times. It is only recently beginning to become aware as a phenomenon very serious and damaging the health of the population and the social fabric.


Recognition of the phenomenon is due to many factors, first, the family has ceased to be a private haven impassable, subject to the internal decisions and the authority of one who governs. The global state policies tend to comprehensive protection of the family and the members who compose it, the authority of "paterfamilias," has declined, they have changed the position of women in society and the child is considered a subject of rights . The neutrality of public power away to circumstances that endanger the integrity of people in the family. Safeguarding the domestic intimacy does not preclude support or help from the community. For that one must know the issues and problems affecting family dynamics. has struggled very hard to run the idyllic image that carried the concept of family, and that obscured the recognition of aberrant acts committed within it.


We can say that although throughout history the family has been conceived as a place of "refuge, repose and wellness for individuals who compose it; basic cell affective shaping individuals, gives them ownership and helps form subjectivity and learn social reciprocity "also carries nuclei generate violence and authoritarianism that go against the individual.


Why deal with family violence?. Once we dispel the myth of "peace familar," we are confronted with some facts. The clinical observation, empirical research, news reports, and newsletters, we describe painful violence between spouses, adult children to their care, and elderly dependents in the family. All these events have increased public awareness and have forced us to recognize that violence within the family is a common phenomenon in our modern society that crosses all socioeconomic and cultural levels. In fact, people are more likely to be killed, physically assaulted, beaten, slapped or sexually abused in their own homes by their own families, than in any other place or any other person in society. Some realities of data from other countries put us in tune with the magnitude of the problem.


News of Great Britain based on police records and court show that 42% of murders including "domestic disputes" and a third of the victims of domestic violence are children. The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (UK) reports that three to four children die every week abused by their parents. In the U.S., approx. 40% of homicides are the result of violence within the family. The homicide rate caused by domestic violence is similar to USA (40%), the United Kingdom (42%) and Australia (44%).


Similar but unofficial figures are handled in Latin American countries. This complex reality makes our social system inadequately prepared to relieve the suffering of the victims and their families. All disciplines involved in the detection, intervention, and treatment (medicine, education, social services, justice services, mental health) do not have adequate training and specific. Social policies do not respond to the emerging realities. The health and social services, criminal justice system and civil deal with the problem without adequate monitoring and technical incompetence of assigned personnel. The community at large experience alienation, confusion and lack of basic information about how to work the various network services and their interdependence.


The Dictionary of the Spanish Royal Academy says that "violate" is "the application of media on people or things to overcome their resistance." This has defined violence as "the use of force, open or concealed, in order to obtain an individual or a group they do not want to consent freely," and according to the Council of Europe, domestic violence is defined as "Any act or omission done within the family by one of its members, to affect the life or physical or psychological, or even the freedom of one of its members, which causes serious damage to the development of his personality ".


Thus understood, violence is always a form of exercise of power through the use of force (whether physical, psychological, economic, etc.) and implies the existence of an "up and down", real or symbolic. The use of force "is, therefore, a possible method of intrapersonal conflict resolution as an attempt to break the will of the other, cancel precisely in its capacity as" other. " The violence involves a search to remove obstacles to the exercise of power by controlling the ratio obtained through the use of force "(Jorge Corsi, Family Violence, 1995). For possible violent behavior has to be an imbalance of power, which can be defined culturally or context or interpersonal maneuvers produced by control of the relationship.


Why is Family Violence?. The family as a social organization is organized hierarchically according to principles that vary historically. But there is one that has remained stable over the centuries: that of the hierarchical structure depending on the age and the system of "gender". That is, culturally held beliefs and values ​​about the behavior of men and women, relationships between them and the characteristics of the sexes. Evaluative considerations about what is predominantly male and female, determines social models on the place of man, women, relationships within the family, instead of the children.


This will make implicit assumptions underlying the family organization, and governing the distribution of power among its members. Some of these culturally implicit assumptions are:
1) The family is organized into hierarchies of unequal power between men and women.
2) The inequality comes from a biological arrangement between the sexes that gives superiority to man.
3) Women are bound to have maternal functions beyond their reproductive capacity.
4) Is this natural condition that gives them the features of weakness, passivity and sensitivity.
5) Men dominate nature by means of intrusion, the action and force.
There is another set of implicit assumptions that govern the relationships with their children, legitimating "socioculturally violent actions toward them:
a) Children are privately owned by the parents.
b) Acceptance of the use of physical punishment as an educational method.
c) Everything that happens within the four walls of the home is the exclusive concern of the private sector.
According to some authors, the degree of potential violence in a family is given by:
I) The degree of verticality of the family structure,
II) The degree of rigidity of hierarchies,
III) Beliefs about the obedience and respect,
IV) Beliefs about the value of discipline and punishment, V) Degree of adherence to gender stereotypes,
VI) The degree of autonomy of the members.
All these assumptions implicit social consensus, correspond to an authoritarian model of family, where respect is not understood as reciprocity among members, but is defined from a vertical power structure. The dependence of the weakest to the strongest is reinforced, and autonomy is a right not recognized equally for all members of the family system.