Social reconstruction of violence: experiences of a group of women in the south of Mérida, Yucatán.

Abstract

Violence remains a serious public health problem. The objective of this work was to carry out a social reconstruction based on the experiences of a group of women living in an urban area south of Mérida, Yucatán. The chosen methodology was qualitative, phenomenological-hermeneutic, with interviews conducted with women between 23 and 35 years old, as well as key informants. The information was analyzed based on an Ecological Model. The results highlighted four dimensions: social, community, family and individual. Violence such as social inequality, street harassment, beliefs about a vulnerable fate perceived as women, conflictive relationships with consequences at different levels and a history of violence in childhood were recorded.