The phenomenon of violence against Algerian women: reality and diagnosis

Abstract EN

The phenomenon of violence is increasing and spreading in various regions of the world to the extent that violence has become a form of contemporary life that affects all groups of society.

however, there are groups that are harmed to a high extent due to age and gender factors, such as children and women.

violence against women is often used by men in order to impel them to submit to the rational or even irrational will of men or to improve their patterns of behaviour in the family and society.

violence against women occurs in patriarchal societies, that is, societies in which the status and reputation of men are higher than the status and reputation of women, and violence practiced against women receives support and backing and encouragement from the elderly, the state, officials, and sometimes from men of law and religion, because they believe that women must be obedient and subject to the characteristics of their nature and function, which entail submission and obedienceto men without any resistance.in order to be obedient, violence is used against them as if it were a legitimate practice and the right of a men who receive social support.