Enfrentamento ou silêncio: perspectivas sociológicas da denúncia à violência conjugal

Abstract

This study aims to analyze the coping to marital violence, the perception of women from Macapa to denounce their partners or husbands, making it necessary to contextualize the Maria da Penha Law as a response of the government to this problem. This is a qualitative research, interviews with twenty (20) women awaiting hearings in Court of Domestic and Family Violence Against Women in Macapa. Some aspects that affect the tolerance of these women and lead them to the complaint were detected.