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Violence with femicide risk: Its effects on women and their children
Study
South America
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In Peru, violence against women is still assumed to be a normal phenomenon by a large part of the male population. Although 85% of men surveyed think that those who batter their female partner are mentally ill, almost half state that they would hit their partner, given a reason (46%), if she were guilty of something (34%), or if they were to lose control (57%; Vara-Horna, López, & Odar, 2017). This justification of the use of violence against Peruvian women has also been found to predict their femicide (Hernández, Raguz, Morales, & Burga, 2017).