“Because i love you...” A look at gender based on violence in dating relationships in Cartagena city

Abstract

Dating relationships mark the development of the life of young people, from them, the first intimate experiences with others are developed differently, and amatory practices that influence the construction of their life project, the reason why you need to know, understand and raise awareness of the manifestation of some violent behaviors that occur at this time of life, and identify which of them are based on gender. This paper is intended to be a reflection to transform the patterns and social determinations that have made of a loving union on youth, relationships of subjugation in which the gender inequality is extended and various types of constituting behavior of physical and symbolic violence are demonstrated, all used as a way of resolving conflicts and agreeing on the rules of loving.Presenting the results of the study of amatory and meeting experiences, from young students from three Higher Education Institutions in the city of Cartagena, as a contribution to the reflections that have tried to explain what promotes gender violence among young people.