Histórias de mulheres: a violência psicológica e o sofrimento ético-político

Abstract

The present study has as its theme the psychological violence and the ethical-political suffering, with the aim of answering the following problems: Do women notice psychological violence? How do they visualize and describe this social and historical phenomenon based on their subjective experiences? The general goal was defined to explain the aspects of psychological violence suffered by women in situation of domestic violence, attempting to build an articulation of this phenomenon with ethical-political suffering as a subjective social product. Specifically, we followed the path of: a) understanding the themes of psychological violence and ethical-political suffering of the women category; b) getting to know the story of women in situation of violence and their conceptions about psychological violence; and c) building an articulation between the phenomena of psychological violence and ethicalpolitical suffering based on the subjective experiences of the interviewed women. This research has a qualitative approach and the generation of data was a result from open interviews as a research instrument. As an inclusion criterion, women whose processes were in progress were chosen. As an exclusion criterion, underage women were not contacted. The interviews were conducted with three women whom, through their stories, met the criterion used to delimit the sampling saturation point. Data analysis took place through the knowledge of socio-historical psychology, which has as its fundamental assumption the conception of a historical-dialectical materialist society. This study contributed to the understanding of the theme in order to make it accessible to different areas of knowledge. We can move towards the conclusion that only through happy and powerful affections will women be able to echo their voices, translating their emotions through the affections they communicate. And even with the challenges that are posed, it is imperative that a multiple task of collective action be developed that seeks to break the shackles of the patriarchal and capitalist system.