Objective:
to analyze the
possibilities of help/support through the mapping and acknowledgement of the
social network of women who denounce experiences of violence at a Police
Precinct for Women.
Method:
qualitative study based
on the theoretical-methodological framework of Lia Sanicola's Social Network,
through interviews with 19 women.
Results:
the analysis of the
network maps evidenced that the primary social network was more present than
the secondary on and, despite consisting of significant relations, it demonstrates
limitations. The women access the secondary network occasionally in the
violence problem and/or its repercussions in their life and health. The
discrete presence of the health network in the composition of the social
network was revealed and, when mentioned, the relation between the health
professional and the woman was characterized as fragile.
Conclusion:
the importance of the
social network relates to the creation of spaces of help/support for the women
beyond the moment of the aggression, which accompany them throughout their
process of emancipation from an experience annulled by violence, considering
that each woman acts and makes decisions in the relational context when she is
ready for it.
...The mapping revealed a typical social network in which the
primary network is more present than the secondary network but, despite being
constituted by significant relationships, sometimes demonstrates limitations.
The primary social network represents the cultural hub of the social reality,
the context in which the essential values for the individuals' life are
produced and learned, which are assumed as a fundamental reference point for
the people's orientation and action in society( 7 ).The
analysis of the interviewees' primary social networks identified an average 2.5
members whom the woman can truly count on and seek help from in violent
situations, which is in accordance with research results( 6 ). This help ranged between 1 and 6
people from the primary and secondary network, externalizing the limited
possibility of help/support in the violent context.
In the first place, the woman's search for help
happens in her own social context, in the family and network of friends, which
sometimes does not always represent help to them, but violence, as they feel
that their privacy has been invaded( 9 ).
Nevertheless, it is verified that the low range of the network interferes in
the women's perception of their ability to change their life, being yet another
reason to perpetuate the daily reality of violence( 6 ).
The situation of violence the women experienced
mobilizes them to access the social network. The women in the study are going
through the denouncement process, they are attempting to access a secondary
network, while a primary network is already present. The women demand the
secondary network at an eventual and punctual moment. They did not experience
this demand in the process, but only in the problem, i.e. violence and its
repercussions in the women's life and health.
The secondary network the women referred to most
predominantly was the formal network, which establishes exchanges of rights
from a perspective of social wellbeing. The women who indicated rupture with
the service sector network (employment bond) related this occurrence with the
negative inference of their former partner and with the episodes of violence
experienced in this social space.
In the context of violence, the social network
members are moved to help the woman, who demand financial, psychosocial and
information help as, in most cases, she is weakened because she needs to take
important decisions in her life, such as remaining in the violent relationship
or separating from her partner, protecting her children from that violent
environment, having conditions to survive, recovering her employment bond,
restoring her dignity as a woman, among so many others. At the same time as she
looks for and expects this help, however, the social relations are interrupted;
motivated by jealousy, domination and submission, resulting in social isolation,
which the partner intentionally provoked. This caused the woman's financial
dependence on her social network, as the partner also discourages and hampers
any employment bonds.
Based on the women's reports, it was verified
that, the longer they had lived with their partner, the weaker was their bond
with the social network and, consequently, the more restricted was the help
and/or support the networks offered. In most cases, this situation of
constraint in the social relations was established through the shame of
experiencing the violence and sharing this experience with other people, out of
fear of retaliations by the partner against themselves and their family, and of
being judged for the choices and decisions in the conflicting relationship with
the partner...
Full article at: http://goo.gl/ou3bKw
By:
2PhD, Adjunct Professor, Escola de
Enfermagem, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
3PhD, Full Professor, Escola de Enfermagem
Anna Nery, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
4PhD, Full Professor, Escola de Enfermagem
Alfredo Pinto, Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de
Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
5PhD, Full Professor, Faculdad de
Enfermería, Universidad de Murcia, Murcia, Spain
Corresponding Author: Letícia Becker Vieira Universidade
Federal do Rio Grande do Sul. Escola de Enfermagem Rua São Manoel, 963 Bairro:
Rio Branco CEP: 90620-110, Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil E-mail:moc.liamtoh@arieivbel
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