title: [Forfeiting the denunciation of the aggressor: reports of female victims of domestic violence].
abstract: The goal of this study is to describe the experience of female victims of domestic violence, who forfeited the lawsuits against their aggressors. The interviews were oriented by the question: What was your experience of forfeiting the denunciation of your aggressor? Three themes emerged from the convergence of the testimonies: time passed from the aggression to the denunciation and then to the forfeiting; the partner, the family, the women's precinct; reflecting about the experience, which described the studied phenomenon. The women expressed ambiguous feelings for their aggressor: affection, anger, humiliation and fear. They recognize that they are dominated and humiliated, but notions of justice and equality between spouses do not appear in the testimonies. Forfeiting can be understood in the context of the reproduction of the traditional family structure, conditioned to economic and social factors. Results highlight implications about the role of the Women's Precinct and the healthcare institutions in the care for women who were victims of domestic violence.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Enfermagem da Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu, Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho (FMB/UNESP), Botucatu, SP, Brasil. falcarde@fmb.unesp.br
authors.forename: Lin Chau
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Jong
authors.forename: Maria Lúcia Araújo
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Sadala
authors.forename: Ana Cristina D'Andretta
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Tanaka
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000374:Aggression / Q000523:psychology*; D000786:Anger; D017579:Domestic Violence / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000523:psychology*; D004291:Dominance-Subordination; D005239:Fear; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008149:Love; D008875:Middle Aged; D036301:Qualitative Research; D055815:Young Adult