Young men trivialize and have a lower perception of sexist violence. So much so, that one in five boys between 16 and 21 years old He does not believe that it is sexist abuse to hit or push to your partner After an argument or threatening her, 31% do not consider it violence to control the way she dresses and 34%, to control her cell phone or her social networks.
He V Macro-study against gender violence – Zero Tolerance prepared by the Mutua Madrileña Foundation and Antena 3 News from 6,000 surveysevidence that youth in Spain is more tolerant of violence against womenespecially young boys.
15% of men between 16 and 21 years old do not consider it to be gender violence to force a couple to have sexual relations; Not even 25% believe that insulting or belittling is a form of abuse. High percentages are also recorded of lack of perception of gender violence in economic control (47%), controlling schedules (40%), not seeing family or friends (28%), belittle the partner before the family or children (29%) or make it difficult to study or work (45%),
The institutions that promoted the study explain in a statement that the trivialization of gender violence by the youngest is the “major focus of concern“after the results obtained. Also the percentages recorded among young girls are significantly higher than those obtained among the general population.
More women between 16 and 21 years old They do not consider it to be gender violence to force the couple to have sexual relations (8%), push or hit (9%), threaten (9%), insult or belittle (12%), control the way you dress (13%), prevent you from seeing family or friends (14%), being belittled in front of the family or children (18%), control mobile or networks (23%), control schedules and economic control (27%), or make it difficult to work or study (35%).
The figures differ from those recorded among the general population. He 7% of people surveyed do not classify forcing sexual relations as violence; 8% hit or pushed after an argument; 10%, insult or despise; 12%, prevent seeing family or friends and belittling one’s family or children; 14%, control the way they dress; 16%, control their cell phone or social networks; 20%, control schedules; 22%, economic control; and 25%, make it difficult to work or study.
While 70% of the population considers that violence against women is a very or fairly widespread problem, the percentage drops to 23% among the younger population. Furthermore, 22% of youth do not believe that sexist abuse is a serious problem.
The survey reveals that more than half of the population57%, estimates that easy access to porn explains this greater tolerance of young people to gender violence and 49% blame social networks and the internet.
A 78% are in favor of the implementation of a digital passport for minors to prevent their access to sexual content that distort reality and 51% of the sample requests that a subject be implemented to raise awareness and prevent in the classrooms.
Among the people surveyed, eight out of ten believe that minors are the most vulnerable to gender violence and they are not protected enough; 86% consider that this should be addressed more directly in the classrooms; 85% see technologies as a tool to control, coerce and threaten victims and 91% estimate that social networks and Internet content has contributed to generating new forms of sexist violence among the youth.
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