Interface between conjugal violence and alcohol consumption by the partner.

OBJECTIVE: to analyze the discourse of women on the interface between marital violence and alcohol use by the partner. METHOD: qualitative exploratory research, based on the methodological reference of oral history. We interviewed 19 women with a history of marital violence and involvement with drugs. The data were analyzed through discourse of the collective subject. RESULTS: the participants' discourse points to consumption of alcohol by partners as a potentiating element of violent episodes, also experienced by their parents, signaling to its transgenerational character; it also calls attention to the danger of marital violence resulting from men's reactions to having their alcohol consumption questioned by their partners. FINAL CONSIDERATIONS: the study identifies alcohol as a precipitating and/or potentiating factor of conjugal violence, as well as the intergenerational character of violence based on male domination and intolerance.

Interface between conjugal violence and alcohol consumption by the partner / Interfaz entre violencia conyugal y el consumo de alcohol por el compañero / Interface entre a violência conjugal e o consumo de álcool pelo companheiro

ABSTRACT Objective: to analyze the discourse of women on the interface between marital violence and alcohol use by the partner. Method: qualitative exploratory research, based on the methodological reference of oral history. We interviewed 19 women with a history of marital violence and involvement with drugs. The data were analyzed through discourse of the collective subject. Results: the participants' discourse points to consumption of alcohol by partners as a potentiating element of violent episodes, also experienced by their parents, signaling to its transgenerational character; it also calls attention to the danger of marital violence resulting from men's reactions to having their alcohol consumption questioned by their partners. Final considerations: the study identifies alcohol as a precipitating and/or potentiating factor of conjugal violence, as well as the intergenerational character of violence based on male domination and intolerance.

RESUMEN Objetivo: analizar el discurso de las mujeres sobre la interfaz entre la violencia conyugal y el uso de alcohol por el compañero. Método: investigación exploratoria, cualitativa, basada en el referencial metodológico de la historia oral. Se entrevistaron a 19 mujeres con antecedentes de violencia conyugal e implicación con drogas. Los datos fueron analizados a través del discurso del sujeto colectivo. Resultados: el discurso de las participantes apunta el consumo del alcohol por el compañero como elemento impulsor de los episodios violentos, evento también experimentado por los padres, señalando para su carácter transgeneracional; advierte también a la violencia conyugal derivada de la reacción del hombre al ser cuestionado por la compañera en cuanto al consumo del alcohol. Consideraciones finales: el estudio identifica el alcohol como factor precipitador y/o impulsor de la violencia conyugal, así como el carácter intergeneracional de la violencia basada en la concepción de dominación e intolerancia masculina.

RESUMO Objetivo: analisar o discurso de mulheres sobre a interface entre violência conjugal e uso de álcool pelo companheiro. Método: pesquisa exploratória, qualitativa, fundamentada no referencial metodológico da história oral. Foram entrevistadas 19 mulheres com história de violência conjugal e envolvimento com drogas. Os dados foram analisados através do discurso do sujeito coletivo. Resultados: o discurso das participantes aponta o consumo do álcool pelo companheiro como elemento potencializador dos episódios violentos, evento também experienciado pelos pais, sinalizando para seu caráter transgeracional; alerta ainda para a violência conjugal decorrente da reação do homem ao ser questionado pela companheira quanto ao consumo do álcool. Considerações finais: o estudo identifica o álcool como fator precipitador e/ou potencializador da violência conjugal, bem como o caráter intergeracional da violência alicerçada na concepção de dominação e intolerância masculina.