Normalización de la violencia de género en las trabajadoras de un mercado de la provincia de Tungurahua

Abstract

Gender violence is an alarming phenomenon that affects women all over the world. In Ecuador, and according to Fundación Aldea, a femicide occurs every 26 hours. In this context, the main aim of this research was to analyze the practices of normalization of gender violence in workers of a market in the province of Tungurahua. This research is made up of four chapters which are the following: Chapter 1 addresses the theoretical aspects of gender violence. Chapter 2 describes the methodology that was used and the methods used for the construction of data and analysis of information with a qualitative design. It was based on real stories and life stories and experiences of the studied cases. Chapter 3 presents the results obtained in the investigation. Finally, the conclusions of the study are presented, where the stories show a succession of violent events, all of them related to gender, others of a racial and institutional nature, where symbolic violence is the main protagonist. The contributions of this research are of vital importance, since the phenomenon of violence is addressed from a gender perspective and delves into the interpretive paradigm and in-depth analysis of the stories and life stories of the participants. This approach has permitted us to understand the processes that lead to the normalization of gender violence