Psicothema was founded in Asturias (northern Spain) in 1989, and is published jointly by the Psychology Faculty of the University of Oviedo and the Psychological Association of the Principality of Asturias (Colegio Oficial de Psicología del Principado de Asturias).
We currently publish four issues per year, which accounts for some 100 articles annually. We admit work from both the basic and applied research fields, and from all areas of Psychology, all manuscripts being anonymously reviewed prior to publication.
Psicothema, 2012. Vol. Vol. 24 (nº 4). 548-554
Esperanza Bosch-Fiol y Victoria A. Ferrer-Pérez
Universidad de las Islas Baleares
Este trabajo tiene como finalidad presentar una aproximación a la vigencia actual de los mitos sobre violencia de género, que son definidos como creencias estereotípicas sobre dicha violencia, que son generalmente falsas, pero que son sostenidas amplia y persistentemente. Estos mitos han sido estudiados clasificándolos en diferentes categorías (mitos sobre la marginalidad, mitos sobre los maltratadores, mitos sobre las mujeres maltratadas). A ellos, y en el marco de las nuevas formas de sexismo, se sumarían lo que se ha dado en llamar "neomitos", entre los que estarían aquellos que minimizan la importancia del problema o, incluso dando un paso más allá, aquellos que niegan su existencia. En este trabajo se analiza el alcance y extensión de estos nuevos mitos.
New map of the myths about gender violence in XXI century. This paper presents an approach to the contemporary relevance of the myths about domestic violence, which are defined as stereotypical beliefs about such violence, which are generally false but persistent. These myths have been studied and classified into diverse categories (marginality myths, myths about offenders, battered women myths). To them, and within the context of new forms of sexism, would be added what has been called "new myths", including those that minimize the importance of the problem or, even going one step further, those that deny its existence. This paper discusses the scope and extent of these new myths.