Gender violence in the post-patriarchalization of global age: A comparative perspective of Italy and Serbia

Abstract

The purpose of the essay is to overcome interpretative dualism between Italian and Serbian society about gender violence against women. In a comparative approach it will find elements of continuity between the decline of male domination in Italy and the decline of patriarchal power in Serbia as a result of a variety of historical and social causes that, inside the paper, are explained. The emancipation of women finds a block in the violence suffered by partners in some familiar contexts. While globalization and unemployment seem to deprive men of the marks of traditional power, but 'men in decline' have an post-patriarchal 'identity revanche' in assuming the dominant role of perpetrators in private life. Gender violence has an instrumental function within the relational dynamics. Also, gender violence has specific cultural, ethnic, sexual characteristics in the reality of gender identity.

Cilj ovog rada je da ponudi razumevanje interpretativnog dualizma između italijanskog i srpskog društva u pogledu rodnog nasilja nad ženama. U radu se, u komparativnom pristupu, ukazuje na elemente kontinuiranog opadanja muške dominacije u Italiji i opadanja patrijarhalne moći u Srbiji, kao rezultate varijeteta istorijskih i socijalnih uzroka. Emancipacija žena predstavlja snagu koja se suprotstavlja nasilju od partnera u nekim porodičnim kontekstima. Dok globalizacija i nezaposlenost čine deprivaciju muškaraca u u pogledu tradicionalne moći, sa druge strane, 'muškarac u padu' čini 'identitetski revanš' preuzumajući dominantnu ulogu nasilnika u privatnom životu. Rodno nasilje ima instrumentalnu funkciju unutar relacionih dinamika. Takođe, rodno nasilje ima specifične kulturalne, etničke, seksualne karakteristike u realnosti rodnog identiteta.