Violence is one of the epidemics that knows few borders or borders, unfortunately it has taken many faces and it is possible to find it anywhere on the planet, some of the formulas to which we are exposed to the cruellest wars where hundreds of lives are claimed in so many places and, moreover, although we do not participate directly in many cases, we are attending the different types of violence that end up affecting us to varying degrees.
It seems that aggression, or part of it, is part of our genetic heritage; however, violence, which is a way of manifesting this aggression, is cultural. We learn and reproduce (and that’s why it’s taught and validated). In addition, and for the same reasons, it can also be unlearned and not incentivized.
“Violence is fear of the ideals of others. “Mahatma Gandhi
One of the most important steps to achieve this is to identify the means you use to manifest yourself. We then produce a small inventory of the most common types of violence.
It’s one of the types of violence that has two sides. One is direct and the other hidden. Direct economic violence is violence that is exercised openly against your property or property. Robberies, assaults, scams and all those things where your finances end up being affected illegally and unfairly.
Secret economic violence corresponds to the internal mechanisms of the economic system that affect its interests. This happens when, for example, labor market dynamics reduce wages and you are forced to face unfair competition (others charge little and are hired more easily). Also, of course, when you are subject to seemingly fair measures that actually serve the interests of others.
Political violence includes all practices that a particular political party can perform against its interests or in which it is used as an instrument, for example, when it is both an activist and a victim of a corrupt political class.
Institutional violence has to do with abuse or mistreatment in relation to an institution, it is the case of a poor service that generates losses, or the violence of medical institutions where their pain is often ignored or minimized.
Although we are in the 21st century, violence against women not only persists, but in some cases has increased, this type of aggression is motivated by sex. This means that this happens because a woman does or does not do what men, or other women, expect or demand from her.
Men are also victims of sexual and emotional violence by women and other men, sometimes prejudice or rejection arises simply because they are male, unfortunately reports of sexual abuse of minors by women have also increased.
Advertising, for the most part, presents a lifestyle that many end up copying. It is considered one of the types of violence when it establishes a kind of hegemony that ends up fueling intolerance and contempt for models of reality or life that do not conform to the stereotype promoted.
Similarly, there are still many societies around the world that tolerate and legitimize violence against certain segments of the population, collective or minority, there it is possible to pursue ethnic groups, LGTBI communities, etc.
Many religious groups and sects operate in today’s world and struggle to gain power and adherents, although some of them may be a true expression of faith, the fact is that the interest behind many of them is the financial interest, of the people. They define and administer the commandments of such faith, without hesitating to do business in the hope of the people who follow them.
These types of sects use the fear and confusion of followers to take money from them, directly or indirectly (with their work or willingness to attract more followers). They tend to be the senders of macabre messages about the end of the world and the destruction of them, and using the fear they can inspire, break the will of believers and get what they want.
With the advent of social media, a new form of bullying and harassment began to proliferate, in one way or another new technologies facilitate the work of bullies because they give anonymity to the most cowardly, in the same way the legislation of different countries. It is not yet very clear on the subject, so many violent behaviors go unpunished.
In addition, the ability to capture images and transmit them in real time is accessible to all; what has led to new forms of violence, the first is that you can be filmed and broadcast your video, using your image as a mockery or trying to show that isolated behavior is something that defines you, until it is time to discover and demand their rights, thousands of people may have already seen their images and drawn distorted conclusions.
The agenda of many media includes many violent reports, it seems that the more truculent the information, the more it provokes and attracts more viewers, sometimes watching an information program or opening a magazine is like receiving an avalanche of data that, by its selection and dissemination, distorts the image derived from reality.
The worst thing is that if the media proposes it is because there is an audience that consumes it and that, in a way, has become accustomed to the impact it causes, so the media is always looking for information that exceeds the impact of the previous one. Pain, death, torture and all kinds of terrible events have gradually become vessels.
These are just some of the ways that violence manifests itself. The total list is much longer. However, we present the main types of collective violence that, due to their scale and impact, end up influencing everyone.