Violencia de género en relaciones de parejas de estudiantes universitarios

Abstract

Gender-based violence in couple relationships involves any violent act that causes physical, sexual, or psychological harm. The study aims to analyze the manifestations and effects of dating violence on individuals. It is bibliographic research with a qualitative approach and descriptive scope. The information was taken from 48 scientific articles from databases such as Scopus, Taylor & Francis, Web of Science, ProQuest, and JANE. The results reveal that the lack of education at home or the presence of aggression within the family environment are determining factors for a person to commit violent acts. In addition, aggression against women can occur at the physical, emotional, sexual, and social levels. Women exposed to contexts of violence from an early age tend to normalize such acts of violence; therefore, violent intimate partner relationships are an increasingly common and recurrent social problem. In conclusion, gender-based violence is expressed through different forms, such as jealousy, extortion, control, restrictions to establish social relationships, forced sexual acts, and beatings, among others. The effects of this type of violence are fractures, fear of new relationships, low self- esteem, depression, anxiety, poor academic performance, school dropout, infertility, abortions, and unwanted pregnancies, among others.