Studies on domestic violence against elderly women in Brazil: from symbolic to lethal

Abstract

Objective: to know the rates of violence against women in Brazil, especially against elderly women, which is configured silently and has been the subject of political and academic discussion in a systematic and prolonged manner. Method: This is a study of narrative literature review between 1998 to 2020. The excluded articles were presented in the methodology of this article, and those included in the Results: In the analyzed cases, violence against elderly women prevails, and affects mainly women poor and poorly educated. Conclusions: In 2013, the data already pointed out that 87% of (elderly women) had already suffered physical and sexual violence, and that 90% of the cases happened in the elderly's own residence, and of these 55%, the perpetrators of violence are the own children. The study presents the phenomenon to society, aiming to build strategies and actions that allow it to be faced.