Labelling a sexist action as violence against women undermines the fight against violence against women

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Violence against women is defined by the United Nations in the Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women. (A/RES/48/104) as:
“Article 2.- Violence against women shall be understood to encompass, but not
be limited to, the following:
(a) Physical, sexual and psychological violence occurring in the family, including battering, sexual abuse of female children in the household, dowry-related violence, marital rape, female genital
mutilation and other traditional practices harmful to women, non-spousal violence and violence related to exploitation;
(b) Physical, sexual and psychological violence occurring within the general community, including rape, sexual abuse, sexual harassment and intimidation at work, in educational institutions and elsewhere, trafficking in women and forced prostitution;
(c) Physical, sexual and psychological violence perpetrated or condoned by the State, wherever it occurs.”

In today’s society, words such as “compliments”, “micro-sexism / soft sexism” or “micro-aggressions” are used to signal that it is gender-based violence.

However, these words do not appear in the UN definition and are not linked to gender-based violence in current scientific articles. So using these words can mislead the public and hinder the work being done to eradicate gender-based violence.

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Gontzal Uriarte

Cuando un chico tiene un comportamiento caballeroso dejando pasar primero a las mujeres, acomodándolas en la silla, tener una actitud protectora con ellas o vestir a un recien nacido de azul cuando es niño, etc se puede decir que es un comportamiento sexista pero este comportamiento está muy alejado de definirse como violéncia.

Estoy deacuerdo con la afirmación. Decir que sexismo es violencia debilita la conciencia sobre lo que es violencia y por tanto la lucha contra esta.

carla

La violencia de género es una violencia que afecta indiscriminadamente a todas las mujeres; sean de la etnia, cultura, país, ciudad, grupo social, etc. que sean. Las mujeres sufren des de tiempos inmemorables tratos especiales (y no siempre desde el sentido bueno de la palabra) en muchos ámbitos.
Aún así, día a día luchamos incansablemente por progresar y evitar que la desigualdad instaurada en nuestras vidas se convierta en la equidad tan soñada por el colectivo feminista.

Los esquemas discriminatorios y muchas veces invisibles se dan desde pequeños en ámbitos como las familias y la escuela, es por eso que la escuela debe reconducir y analizar firmemente sus labores para evitar que la violencia de género de cabida a nuestras vidas.

La sexualización acostumbra a ser la punta del iceberg, la primera palabra o acto que las personas llevan a cabo. Un comentario sobre el cuerpo, la actuación o el simple hecho de estar o no estar en un lugar construye una larga cadena que cada mujer arrastrará cada vez más larga y más pesada durante toda su vida. Comentarios innecesarios, insultantes y fuera de contexto que provocan que la mujer se sienta pequeña y vulnerable y que, el hombre que lo emite se sienta cada vez más fuerte y poderoso.

Es por eso que desde Violence against women han escrito un artículo en el que presentan la posibilidad de la cooperación ya no solo de la escuela con en Aula de encuentro sino que piden la colaboración de los hombres y niños para abolir la violencia de género, la cual también acoge el sexismo un hecho violento que contribuye al malestar, la discriminación y al aumento de inseguridades y conflictos personales de las mujeres.

Begoña Sánchez T. (2020). Coeducation in teacher trainig: a tool for the prevention of gender- based violence. Aula de encuentro 22, 127-147. https://www-webofscience-com.sabidi.urv.cat/wos/alldb/full-record/WOS:000619808600007 

Carlson, J., Casey, E., Edleson, JL., Tolman, RM., Walsh, TB., Kimball, E. (2015, nov). Strategies to Engage Men and Boys in Violence Prevention: A Global Organizational Perspective. Violence against women 21, 1406-1425. https://doi.org/10.1177/1077801215594888  

emischnick

Sexist actions are damaging but are not a key part of sexual violence. According to Ibabe et al., “ambivalent sexism or two sub-types of sexism (hostile and benevolent) are not relevant risk factors to be perpetrator or victim of violence in dating relationships, due to accounting for 3% or less of variance in dating violence.” In a similar way the article by Agadullina et al. defined sexual violence as “[t]he type and context of violence moderate the relationship between hostile sexism and attitudes toward violence and violent behaviour.” Therefore we can see that sexism, although negative, is a minor part of sexual violence.
Ibabe, I., Arnoso, A., & Elgorriaga, E. (2016). Ambivalent Sexism Inventory: Adaptation to Basque Population and Sexism as a Risk Factor of Dating Violence. The Spanish Journal of Psychology, 19, E78. doi:10.1017/sjp.2016.80

Agadullina, E., Lovakov, A., Balezina, M., & Gulevich, O. A. (2022). Ambivalent sexism and violence toward women: A meta-analysis. European Journal of Social Psychology, 52, 819– 859. https://doi-org.ezproxy.library.wisc.edu/10.1002/ejsp.2855

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