Violencia en la pareja en jóvenes mexicanos del mismo sexo: Un estudio exploratorio

Abstract

Same-sex intimate partner violence is a phenomenon that until recently had not attracted attention in the scientific community, especially in regions such as Latin America, due factors such as heterocentrism, social stigmas and poor visibility contribute to the lack of research about this problem. Therefore, the present investigation was developed with the objective of exploring and describing the presence of violence committed and suffered in same-sex couples. Twenty-nine people participated, 14 women who indicated they were lesbians and 15 men who said they were gay, to whom the Inventory of Violence in Teen Courts (VADRI) was applied. The results show that both sexes tend to be victims and perpetrators of violence within their relationships, which agrees with findings obtained in other researches carried out with heterosexual couples, a result that could indicate that the dynamics of violence do not differ between homosexual and heterosexual couples, since both seem to have a bidirectional nature. In the violence manifested through control, it was found that both sexes are victims and perpetrators, through technological means and social networks, which agrees with findings obtained in studies carried out in heterosexual couples where their high frequency and possible normalization are highlighted.