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- What is the difference between abuse, violence, mistreatment, or harassment?
- How can we explain violence between same-sex couples or violence from women towards men?
- What are the early signs that should put me on guard or make me stay away from that person?
- What should I do if I think I am being physically and psychologically abused?
- Does the system protect abused women? I'm worried about being left destitute, about losing custody of my children.
- How does gender-based violence, abuse, and mistreatment affect women's mental health?
- Can a woman who is going through or has gone through this situation recover emotionally?
- Is there any prevention training for women, to learn how to detect the signs?
- What are the protective factors against gender-based violence, with children and adolescents in mind?
- Is the lack of shared responsibility from one of the parents or guardians a risk factor for children?
- What can men do to prevent our daughters from suffering situations of violence and sexism?
- We know of a case of a woman who is being abused, and her children are being raised in an environment of violence. What can we do?
- Do sons and daughters reproduce patterns of gender-based violence in the future when they grow up in a home where this happens?
- How can we help a man who perpetrates gender-based violence to break out of this pattern of behavior?
- Why do women with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) experience more gender-based violence? We have difficulty interpreting the other person's intentions, and our condition is not taken into account in court (their nonverbal language doesn't match their account). What can we do?
- Could you provide a checklist to keep in mind for the proactive detection of gender-based violence? Professionals have 10 minutes to visit women in person during primary care consultations.
- What can health professionals, social workers, and teachers do to better train themselves in this field and be able to detect and prevent it?
What are the protective factors against gender-based violence, with children and adolescents in mind?
Carme Sánchez Martín
Clinical psychologist. Adult Mental Health Center of Cornellà
Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Déu
The most important protective factor is providing and receiving an education that breaks down gender stereotypes regarding violence. As long as boys are raised to be aggressive and rude, and girls to be docile and submissive, it will be impossible to prevent the adoption of violent attitudes and behaviors that lead to unequal and abusive relationships. It is imperative to redefine what is meant by masculine and feminine values.
Some suggestions for the family and school environment:
- Don't just speak in the masculine, but use more inclusive language.
- Consider the opinions and successes of girls as important as those of boys.
- Do not allow boys to make ironic or ridiculed comments about some of the girls' behavior, and correct those that are clearly derogatory.
- To curb the prominence of boys when they monopolize conversations, debates, etc.
- To value in boys the qualities that are wrongly considered feminine.
- Recognizing the capacity for initiative in girls.
- To emphasize personal care and aesthetics in boys.
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Carme Sánchez Martín
Clinical psychologist. Adult Mental Health Center of Cornellà
Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Déu
Sonia Juan Abarca
Social Educator. Social care technician at the Information and Resource Center for Women (CIRD) Cornellà de Llobregat
Ajuntament de Cornellà de Llobregat