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SOCIAL VISIBILITY AND TOLERANCE TO FAMILY VIOLENCE

@article{Gracia2003SOCIALVA,
  title={SOCIAL VISIBILITY AND TOLERANCE TO FAMILY VIOLENCE},
  author={Enrique Gracia},
  journal={Psychology in Spain},
  year={2003},
  pages={39-45}
}

• E. Gracia
• Published 2003
• Sociology
• Psychology in Spain

This paper analyzes a phenomenon common to all types of family violence (child abuse, abuse of women, or abuse of the elderly in the family context), but which has received little attention. The phenomenon in question is given the metaphori- cal label "iceberg", in reference to the notion that only a small portion of all cases of family violence become known, the vast majority being socially and institutionally invisible. This paper questions the supposed invisibility of family violence, and stresses the need to consider, in order to understand this phenomenon, the still high levels of social tolerance to some types of violence in the family, a tolerance which is closely related to social and institutional attitudes. Este trabajo reflexiona sobre un fenomeno comun a todos los tipos de violencia familiar (menores, mujeres o personas mayores maltratadas en el entorno familiar), aunque escasamente analizado. Un fenomeno que se expresa metaforicamen- te como el "iceberg" de la violencia familiar y que se refiere al hecho de que tan solo una pequena parte de todos los casos de violencia llegan a ser conocidos, siendo la mayor parte de esos casos invisibles social e institucionalmente y, quedan- do, metaforicamente, por debajo de la linea de flotacion de ese "iceberg". En este articulo se cuestiona esa supuesta "invi- sibilidad" de la violencia familiar y se subraya la necesidad de considerar, para comprender este fenomeno, los niveles todavia excesivamente elevados de tolerancia social ante determinados tipos de violencia, tolerancia que a su vez esta inti- mamente relacionada con actitudes sociales e institucionales.