This article reports on the systematization of a re-educational process directed at men in a state program. The objective was to identify the basic elements of the intervention that 11 men lived in the Men's Center for a life without violence in La Serena, Coquimbo Region, Chile, from July 2017 to March 2019. The learnings and changes that they recognized are described, identifying the facilitators and obstacles to the group process, and finally, discussing the discourses of the same men and their partners or former female partners. A documentary analysis of the theoretical support of the program, analysis of the audio and written records of individual and group interventions is carried out, and this information is contrasted with the reports of the female partners and / or former partners of them. The results show that in this process men for the first time question their biography from a gender perspective, relating it to the patriarchal culture of Chilean society; develop empathetic behaviors and discourses towards women and other people; they manage to differentiate between respect and fear. They incorporate elements of active listening and point to improve their communication at the marital and parental level. As for facilitators, men identify respect and participation in group space as well as the reception and the active listening to them. Meanwhile, in the obstacles, they identify the “social shame” because of the violence committed, and, also, the sexist social spaces where they develop daily
Astorga, N., & Valdivia, A. (2020). Men who exert violence towards their (ex) female partner: changes and tensions. Revista Punto Género, (13), pp. 4–24. https://doi.org/10.5354/2735-7473.2020.58187
