Perceptions of teenagers on public discourses and interventions on gender violence in Spain (2013)

Abstract

Young Spanish people, embedded in a sensitive but clearly uninformed social imaginary, display a degree of tolerance for violence even higher than population of higher age. Teenagers are not able to identify certain behaviours as sexist-or, if necessary, violent– and that motivates the absence of a homogenate speech of rejection. In that sense, this work has addressed the valuation of some students of Seville to political, legal and media discourses on gender violence. Challenged through the survey technique (with closed and open fields for further quantitative and qualitative treatment), young people questioned have revealed a lack of trust in institutions and justice, as well as a large influence of the media communication as a source of first information in knowledge about gender violence. The main conclusions also have revealed some general guidelines that challenge as inadequate security measures for victims.

Keywords

• violencia de género
• juventud
• violencia contra la mujer
• imaginarios colectivos
• concepto social