Prácticas y concepciones que perpetúan la violencia de género. Una etnografía y auto-etnografía realizada con tres generaciones de mujeres de una misma familia quiteña

Abstract

Gender violence is a naturalized problem in the Ecuadorian context. The data on this phenomenon are alarming and increasing. This research aims to address the conceptions and practices of gender-based violence, gender roles and the mechanisms of perpetuation and transformation of such violence. In this sense, it addresses key elements to study gender-based violence from the Ecuadorian context, understanding the sociocultural structure, perpetuation mechanisms, ideological conceptions, daily practices, normalization, processes of subjection - agency and transformation processes. The present project is a qualitative research work of transversal cut from the psychosocial area with a gender approach. It is based on a situated approach through narrative productions that were carried out with four women from the same family in Quito. In the narratives, different types of violence are evidenced, the most striking one, patrimonial violence, showing modifications in family dynamics covered behind social facades. It can be seen that fear and social norms mean that these women remain subject to the system, directly affecting the women and indirectly affecting their children, who accept this violence as normal in their adult lives. In this way, gender violence is perpetuated. However, other mechanisms of transformation emerge that favor women's agency: education, relationships with feminist groups and feminist theories, and sisterhood among family members generate new life expectations, while at the same time being critical of their environment.