Violence against women, a systematized review

Abstract

Violence against women is a serious public health problem, with a marked social and economic impact.
The objective of this article is to synthesize the theories that explain violence against women, contributing,
from a theoretical perspective, to the understanding of risk factors. The research is basic and descriptive;
the analytical-synthetic method was used to establish the essential elements of the information
collected and formalize conclusions in this regard. The search for bibliographic sources was carried out
in the Google Scholar database. Theories such as the cycle of violence, traumatic union, paradoxical
punishment, battered women, among others, are presented. In addition, the importance of factors such as
poverty, victimization, dysfunctional families, ineffective educational and judicial systems is recognized.
Risk factors for gender violence were identified according to the different theoretical positions analyzed.
The conclusions recognize the conduct of a significant amount of research on violence against women
in the context of the pandemic. The proposal of theoretical foundations for each of the risk factors was
made, which contributes to future research, especially in the Latin American space. It is considered that
theories must be understood within the very dynamics that this phenomenon presents, focused on the
variety of criteria, elements, variables, causes, consequences, conditions, etc.