The Marital Violence under a gender view: domination and possibility of destruction of the hegemonily idealized model of marriage.

This study is intended to enlarge the understanding of marital violence. In a qualitative analysis the research investigated what marital violence does mean to women victims of this kind of violence and how it affects their biological, emotional and social life. The results of the qualitative materi...

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Main Authors: Rebeca Nunes Guedes, Ana Tereza Medeiros Cavalcanti da Silva, César Cavalcanti da Silva, Edméia de Almeida Cardoso Coelho, Waglânia de Mendonça Faustino e Freitas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal Fluminense, Escola de Enfermagem Aurora de Afonso Costa 2007-10-01
Series:Online Brazilian Journal of Nursing
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Online Access:http://www.uff.br/objnursing/index.php/nursing/article/view/j.1676-4285.2007.1103