In recent years, they have been murdered in Spain by their husbands, boyfriends or ex-partners, 975 women. According to the report of the National Institute of Statistics on gender violence last year, the number of victims of gender violence with a protective order or precautionary measures registered in the Registry was 29.008 women. In addition, the rate of victims of gender violence was 1,4 for each 1.000 women of 14 and more years. In Canary Islands during the second quarter of 2018 a total of 2.007 complaints for alleged cases of Violence against Women (VSM), which means 6,1% less compared to the same period of 2017, which was closed with 2.138 complaints. However, Canary Islandsis situated as the fifth community with the most complaints for sexist violence having a rate of 19,46 cases for each 10.000 women residents on the islands. Ahead are the Balearic Islands (30), Murcia (22,94), Valencia (21,89) and Cantabria (20,43).
La WHO calculate that around 35% of women in the world have suffered physical and / or sexual violence from a partner or by third parties at some point in his life. In short, these alarming data make it clear that domestic violence is a worldwide problem that requires attention from the institutions and also, why not, the most scientific field.
Given this situation, it is impossible not to consider trying to understand what happens in the mind of the aggressor. What reasons and what internal and external events cause a person to become an abuser? Why do they seek humiliation, control and isolation of the couple? What is the reason for the lack of fear of the consequences of the acts that an abuser has?