BE IN LOVE WITH MY AGGRESSOR: SOCIALIZATION IN THE SEXUAL AND AFFECTIVE RELATIONSHIPS OF WOMEN VICTIMS OF GENDER VIOLENCE

For women one of the causes that highly make difficult the overcoming of gender violence is the fact of being in love with the aggressor. Besides identifying this cause, among others, the international scientific literature does not analyze in depth its implications. At the same time, it becomes a barrier the appearance of theories without scientific rigour such as those that point to romantic love. The results of our research state that the socialization lived by the women victims of gender violence have led them to create an attraction towards unequal and violent models. In this article we analyze such socialization and the current limitations of the scientific works to develop effective measures to overcome gender violence.