Incidents of violence against women are increasingly numerous and increasingly clamor when rising to prominence in the news. This phenomenon has ancient origins, and it is basically the result of ignoble conception that women would be inferior to men.
Sobering figures released from a survey carried out by ISTAT in 2006: the 31.9% Italian female population aged 16 and the 70 years said they had immediately, at least once in your life, violence from the opposite sex. More than 90% of the nearly seven million women have suffered violence did not declare the fact to the appropriate authorities. The question that arises is: What motivates a woman to not want to denounce a fact so serious and especially the person who perpetrated?
In Italy every three days a woman is killed by a man who is or has been romantically linked. Most cases of violence suffered by women is familiar in nature, experienced within the home. In women who suffer violence from their partner's different forces come into play, the first of which is the intention to save or "change" the companion itself. Women often fail to be resigned to the idea of a love that has fallen apart; even the confidences with relatives sometimes bring victims to review its position, and to support partners who try to talk it down and disistimarle. It is a process, the low esteem of themselves, that's interesting women "in career", the more educated and socially active.
There are different types of violence, starting from the physical to the more subtle and devious, psychological violence, the fruit of a love sick and distorted, that often puts women greater difficulty in finding the courage to escape the daily trickle made at the same time stroking and verbal slapping.
What to do, Therefore? Women who are victims of any kind of violence should have the strength to get in touch with your nearest centre, help and support. Expert who will advise you and will find together will devise a way out.
Secondly, I recommend to all, men and women, read This is not love, a collection of stories that tell the domestic violence against women. Because, ultimately, that violence against women is a real cultural problem, that should be understood and eradicated with greater awareness.
Maria
