The Psychology Student Club organized an event titled “Gender-Based Violence: Male Violence Practitioners” on December 08, 2023 for our students, staff and external participants. The seminar on Forensic Psychology, organized by the Academic Activities team of the society and given by Psychologist Dr. Duygu BUĞA, was held in Hasan Polatkan Hall of Ziraat Bank Library of our University. Both psychology department students and participants from other departments showed interest in the event.
Dr. BUĞA started the seminar by defining gender roles, in which she discussed topics such as types of sexism, male violence against women, domestic violence and sexual aggressor typologies in detail. Classifying violence as physical, emotional, social, economic and sexual violence, BUĞA emphasized gender injustice by stating that 98% of domestic violence is perpetrated by men against women. The seminar continued with discussions on the concept of hegemonic masculinity and how men maintain their socially dominant position and how women’s subordinate position is maintained within this structure. In addition, it was explained in detail that violent men are divided into two main characterological types as “pitbull” and “cobra” and what are the characteristics specific to these types.
Explaining the physical, emotional and intellectual reactions of the victims of violence and the stages they go through in this process, BUĞA presented statistics from Turkey and around the world on the rate of injuries and deaths experienced by women who are subjected to violence perpetrated by men. Underlining that the issue is a matter of human and women’s rights, BUĞA emphasized that the United Nations defines violence against women as a historical indicator of unequal power relations between men and women and emphasized the need to raise social awareness and empower women to solve this problem.