Violent intimate relationships of Brazilian women in Portugal
This study aims to understand the intimate experiences of immigrant Brazilian women living in Portugal, and also to characterize possible victimization experiences in their intimate relationships. The empirical base was constituted by 114 immigrant women, and the results show that the intimate exper...
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Universidad Pontificia Comillas
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| author | Estefânia Silva Mafalda Mendes Sofia Neves Joana Topa |
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| description | This study aims to understand the intimate experiences of immigrant Brazilian women living in Portugal, and also to characterize possible victimization experiences in their intimate relationships. The empirical base was constituted by 114 immigrant women, and the results show that the intimate experiences of these women are marked by violence episodes both in Portugal and in Brazil. The most frequent types of violence were psychological and verbal violence, with these practices occurring more than once in their intimate relationships. When experiencing violence episodes, these women do not seek help and do not file a formal complaint, which legitimizes and reinforces the victimization to which they are subjected. This study intends to contribute to the development of action strategies that lead to the real protection of immigrant victims and to challenge the greater risk that immigration can entail in the lives of immigrant women, especially for victims of intimate violence. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8896d595fd1745de925969f500a385042022-12-22T03:01:28ZspaUniversidad Pontificia ComillasMigraciones1138-57742341-08332022-12-015612010.14422/mig.2022.02418233Violent intimate relationships of Brazilian women in PortugalEstefânia Silva0Mafalda Mendes1Sofia Neves2Joana Topa3Interdisciplinary Center for Gender Studies, University of MaiaUniversity of MaiaInterdisciplinary Center for Gender Studies, University of MaiaInterdisciplinary Center for Gender Studies, University of MaiaThis study aims to understand the intimate experiences of immigrant Brazilian women living in Portugal, and also to characterize possible victimization experiences in their intimate relationships. The empirical base was constituted by 114 immigrant women, and the results show that the intimate experiences of these women are marked by violence episodes both in Portugal and in Brazil. The most frequent types of violence were psychological and verbal violence, with these practices occurring more than once in their intimate relationships. When experiencing violence episodes, these women do not seek help and do not file a formal complaint, which legitimizes and reinforces the victimization to which they are subjected. This study intends to contribute to the development of action strategies that lead to the real protection of immigrant victims and to challenge the greater risk that immigration can entail in the lives of immigrant women, especially for victims of intimate violence.https://revistas.comillas.edu/index.php/revistamigraciones/article/view/18233migrationgenderviolenceintimate relationshipsbrazilian women |
| spellingShingle | Estefânia Silva Mafalda Mendes Sofia Neves Joana Topa Violent intimate relationships of Brazilian women in Portugal Migraciones migration gender violence intimate relationships brazilian women |
| title | Violent intimate relationships of Brazilian women in Portugal |
| title_full | Violent intimate relationships of Brazilian women in Portugal |
| title_fullStr | Violent intimate relationships of Brazilian women in Portugal |
| title_full_unstemmed | Violent intimate relationships of Brazilian women in Portugal |
| title_short | Violent intimate relationships of Brazilian women in Portugal |
| title_sort | violent intimate relationships of brazilian women in portugal |
| topic | migration gender violence intimate relationships brazilian women |
| url | https://revistas.comillas.edu/index.php/revistamigraciones/article/view/18233 |
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