QUASI-FEMINICIDAL VIOLENCE EXPERIENCED BY WOMEN IN THE STATE OF HIDALGO

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.22533/at.ed.216542520022

• Palavras-chave: feminicidio, uxoricidio. violencia de pareja, Hidalgo, Endireh

• Keywords: femicide, uxoricide, intimate partner violence, Hidalgo, Endireh.

• Abstract:

  This article analyzes the quasi-feminicidal violence that women in Hidalgo, Mexico, experience with their partners. This term is used to refer to the violence exercised by the man on the woman to the point of almost killing her, mainly through punches, kicks, blows with an object, sharp objects or firearms. Data from the National Survey on the Dynamics of Household Relationships (ENDIREH) 2021 of the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI) were used. A sample of 1 thousand and one cases was obtained. The data were interpreted, mainly, with the theory of Dobash, Dobash, Cavanagh, and, Lewis (2004), Dobash, Dobash, Dobash, Cavanagh and, Medina-Ariza (2007) and, Dobash, E. and Dobash, R. (2011) who argue that abusers make statements that implicate their partner and others to reduce or eliminate their own guilt. Among the most important findings, it was found that feminicidal violence occurs in rural areas with indigenous women who have little schooling. In addition, 60 women stated that their partners have caused them bruises and swelling in various parts of the body in the last 12 months. In addition, nine of them also stated that they were suffering from cuts, burns, loss of teeth, hospitalizations or bone fractures. Although this figure is very small with respect to the total sample, what is significant is that these women can die at any time as a result of the power exercised by their partners to control or punish them.