Domestic Violence

By Carolina Gozategui

One of the most worrying problems that is affecting our country, is the domestic violence, and the real cause of this, is the increase of chauvinism in men. Chauvinism frustrates women’s dignity, and men’s physical violence can cause even women’s death. Nowadays, women are incapable to confront this problem. They are battered psychological and physically, and most of the time they do not talk to someone who can be a support for them, or maybe go immediately to the police and leave some evidence about what happened. They are always frightened of the reaction of their husbands. In fact, in the capital of Chile, Santiago, 50.3% of women have lived some type of violence in their marriage. Therefore, this must be stopped. We can not tolerate that men hurt women without any conscience, causing even death in some cases. The dignity and life go first. And if you know somebody that is suffering this type of violence, you must go immediately to the police and let them know what is happening. A women’s worth is very important, and nobody should attempt against their lives, and of course, their dignity.