Do estupro às flores : gênero e roteiros sexuais na situação de violência conjugal

Assis, R. G. (2015). From rape to bouquet: gender and sexual scripts in the intimate partner violence. Masters Dissertation, Instituto de Psicologia, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília. This work presents theoretical and empirical articles that rely partially on data from two case studies. The aim of the research was to identify sexual-affective constructions and meanings that permeate practices of sexuality and analyze their impact upon the dynamics of couples under an intimate partner violence condition. We have investigated sexual scripts, marital rituals and sexual genograms in order to identify personal, generational and social constructions that result in practices and meanings in sexual conduct of the couples. We also investigated how gender issues permeate subjective, relational and sexual-affective experiences of couples. Then we correlate sexual-affective constructions and meanings to intimate partner violence dynamics in order to understand how sexual practices and gender issues may permeate such dynamics. We have developed case studies with two married couples that have demanded psychosocial treatment due to intimate partner violence followed by judicial complaint. Construction of family genogram and sexual genogram have been conducted plus semi-structured interviews in order to account for violence, marriage and sexuality experiences. CTS-2 tool has been applied in order to access sexual coercion data from couples. Results point that marital interactions – with family in their life course, as a couple and with the state, right after violence – construct practices and meanings that influence representations, subjective positions and relational contexts of intimate partner violence. In addition, sexual violence is even less communicated and intelligible than other forms of intimate partner violence, but they occur due the aggressor’s intention and in contexts of power and control permeated by a twofold sexual moral that ascribes different roles to men and women.