ABSTRACT
Objective:
to reveal the understanding about gender-based violence in the university scenario.
Method:
a qualitative and exploratory research study. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 38 participants who experienced the university context, from July to September 2016. The data were analyzed by means of Content Analysis, with the aid of the webQDA software.
Results:
three empirical categories were evidenced: gender-based violence; recognition of gender-based violence in university spaces; and subjectivities of gender-based violence. It is noteworthy that the university community has difficulties in exposing its understanding of gender-based violence.
Conclusion:
gender-based violence is the reproduction of power over the other, considered “inferior”, a concept revealed in the scenario under study. It is necessary to evidence the phenomenon through listening that does not translate into the blaming of the individual exposed to violence.
DESCRIPTORS:
Violence; Inclusive Gender Policies; Gender-Based Violence; Higher Education; Welcoming; Nursing
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