Abstract

LENZ-DE-OLIVEIRA, Kátia et al. The formulation of a brochure about the ambiguities of marital violence. Psicol. cienc. prof. [online]. 2010, vol.30, n.2, pp. 428-439. ISSN 1414-9893.

This paper is the experience account of a college extension project that elaborated and tested a brochure about marital violence with community groups directed to both women and men. Its purpose is to build a means of communication that explains and evaluates the different feelings and beliefs related to the issue, respecting the possibilities and wishes of each reader. The community intervention’s approach was anchored on social construccionism. The issue of domestic violence was presented in the brochure, based on an effort to link both the contributions from feminist movements as from other researchers, maintaining the politicization of the issue. The brochure’s production process is reported in an attempt to reflect about the difficulties and changes experienced in face of the texts about the subject, the first tests of the brochure with community groups, consultants and feminists. This work focused four categories of the problem analysis: male domination, diversity, romantic love and ambiguity. The last category seemed to have been widely discussed and understood by any aspect of the discussions on this subject, however all these themes are essential. Finally, we conclude our evaluation about the limits and the potential aspects of the last brochure’s version.

Keywords : Family violence; Marital conflict; Gender; Educational equalization; Social construccionism.

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