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ORIGINAL ARTICLE12-21-2020
Contributions of a social technology from the perspective of men being sued for gender violence
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2020;73:e20190598
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLEContributions of a social technology from the perspective of men being sued for gender violence
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2020;73:e20190598
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2019-0598
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Objectives:
to discover what were the contributions of the Reflexive Group from the perspective of men being sued by marital violence, who participated in a social technology.
Methods:
qualitative study, resulting from the evaluation stage of an action-research, based on the perspective of Critical Freedom and carried out with 44 men who were being sued in the Peace at Home Courts, in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.
Results:
the discourses of men being sued for marital violence showed that the reflections enabled them to share their experiences; understand their attitudes as disrespectful, violent, and liable in criminal courts; elaborate of strategies for a harmonious marital life; and become multipliers as a result of their willingness to socialize the information and knowledge that emerged from their group.
Conclusions:
the study presents a successful experience of the participation of men in reflexive groups and is a precedent for the validation of this social technology.