Gender is addressed as a foundational concept that shapes individuals’ social roles and identities; the aim is to make visible the inequalities, discrimination, and forms of violence produced within patriarchal structures. While masculinity is associated with power and authority, and femininity with obedience and sacrifice, these unequal power relations are emphasized as generating physical, sexual, psychological, economic, and symbolic forms of violence.
In the book, violence is examined not only at the individual level but also through its structural, cultural, political, and digital dimensions, and heteronormative, colonial/post-colonial, and aesthetic forms of violence are also considered. The phenomenon of gendered violence is discussed through an interdisciplinary approach across fields such as sociology, law, media studies, psychology, and social work.
The work addresses all visible and hidden forms of gender-based violence and invites the reader to engage in a critical and multidimensional reflection on this issue.
