Analysis of the concept "gender" in the L.O. 1/2004 on Integral Protection Measures against Gender Violence

Identifier:  TFG:548

Handle: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11797/TFG548

Authors:  Plaza González, Cristina

Abstract:
Gender violence exists in all societies and there are many victims of this crime. Mostly it is committed against women because of the gender they have adopted over the years and which is the result of the historically unequal power relations between men and women. Therefore, the male aggressor is considered himself superior to his victim and he assaulted her in order to continue inequality. But we mustn’t forget that gender violence is not only committed against women, because if it was only against them, we would talk about violence against women. Gender violence is one that is committed to the gender that took the victim in their social roles, so that we not only should protect women, but everybody who is attacked for their gender that has adopted. It is this concept of gender that generates a lot of controversies over the regulation against gender violence in our country, since the Spanish legislator has interpreted it restrictively, because it only recognizes the victims who are women and who have maintained a relationship with the aggressor. In this work I analyze the concept adopted both international and state level, and the main criticism or problems that come from that taken in our state law against gender violence. La