Impactos de la violencia sexual en el marco del conflicto armado colombiano: construcción de la subjetividad, familia e imaginarios sociales = Impacts of sexual violence in the context of the colombian armed conflict: subjectivity construction, family and social imaginary

Abstract

Sexual violence in the context of armed conflict is a recurring phenomenon naturalized in the society and crossed by patterns of male dominance and discourses of gender; in this article are exposed the findings about thetimpacts of sexual violence within the Colombian armed conflict at the level of the construction of subjectivity, family and in the social imaginary. This investigation was made in a process of Action research using scenarios reflective conversations and interactive techniques involvement with the collaboration of three women leaders of Human Rights defenders who were victims of sexual violence in the context of the Colombian armed conflict, analysis carried out part of a content analysis from a gender perspective in relation to the categories of armed social conflict, violence, subjectivity, family and imaginary. From the research findings is important to say that women increase their level of political participation after the situation of sexual violence, also their families are restructured in different ways since the facts of violence and finally, and about the social amiaginary, is evident that sexual violence reinforces patterns of gender violence and deteriorating social fabric.