Post by account_disabled on Mar 13, 2024 23:41:13 GMT -5
Latin America is a region marked by machismo and violence that takes the lives of five women every day, according to Damaris Ruiz, Oxfam expert on women's rights.
Surprising as it may seem, many people still believe that when a woman doesn't want to have sex with a man, she actually means yes. A thought that two out of every three young people in the region consider valid.
In a report called Breaking the mold: transforming social imaginaries and norms to eliminate violence against women it points out how machismo is seen as "normal" among Latin American youth through beliefs and behaviors and social norms.
Likewise, for 72% of men between 15 and 19 years old, a “decent” woman should not dress provocatively, nor walk alone in the streets at night, and 81% think that, for their friends, men can have sexual relations with whoever they want, but not women.
According to the NGO, in the region “important AQB Directory legislative advances, enormous implementation gaps in legal frameworks and alarming levels of cruelty and sexist violence coexist. Added to this situation are contexts with impoverishing models and States that, in general, govern for the elites and deepen the vulnerable situation that women have to face.
To reach the results of the study that the organization carried out, more than 4 thousand surveys were surveyed, there were 47 focus groups and 49 in-depth interviews with young people from Bolivia, Colombia, Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and the Dominican Republic .
72% of men between 15 and 19 years old think that a “decent” woman should not dress provocatively or walk alone in the streets at night.
Young people from LATAM give their opinion on sexist violence: "It's normal"
According to Oxfam, the normalization of machismo “is fueled by beliefs and behaviors, not only among youth, but also in public institutions and in our family and social circles and is reinforced by our daily practices.”
Furthermore, in this report it was said that 62% of men indicated that it is common that if a man is drunk it is common for him to hit or force a woman to have sexual relations and 69% believe that they even get angry if the couple does not. wants to have sexual relations.
Among those surveyed, 86% of young people said that they would not intervene if a friend hit his girlfriend, since 80% considered sexist violence normal.
Surprising as it may seem, many people still believe that when a woman doesn't want to have sex with a man, she actually means yes. A thought that two out of every three young people in the region consider valid.
In a report called Breaking the mold: transforming social imaginaries and norms to eliminate violence against women it points out how machismo is seen as "normal" among Latin American youth through beliefs and behaviors and social norms.
Likewise, for 72% of men between 15 and 19 years old, a “decent” woman should not dress provocatively, nor walk alone in the streets at night, and 81% think that, for their friends, men can have sexual relations with whoever they want, but not women.
According to the NGO, in the region “important AQB Directory legislative advances, enormous implementation gaps in legal frameworks and alarming levels of cruelty and sexist violence coexist. Added to this situation are contexts with impoverishing models and States that, in general, govern for the elites and deepen the vulnerable situation that women have to face.
To reach the results of the study that the organization carried out, more than 4 thousand surveys were surveyed, there were 47 focus groups and 49 in-depth interviews with young people from Bolivia, Colombia, Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and the Dominican Republic .
72% of men between 15 and 19 years old think that a “decent” woman should not dress provocatively or walk alone in the streets at night.
Young people from LATAM give their opinion on sexist violence: "It's normal"
According to Oxfam, the normalization of machismo “is fueled by beliefs and behaviors, not only among youth, but also in public institutions and in our family and social circles and is reinforced by our daily practices.”
Furthermore, in this report it was said that 62% of men indicated that it is common that if a man is drunk it is common for him to hit or force a woman to have sexual relations and 69% believe that they even get angry if the couple does not. wants to have sexual relations.
Among those surveyed, 86% of young people said that they would not intervene if a friend hit his girlfriend, since 80% considered sexist violence normal.
