VIOLENCE AS A RESPONSE TO SEXUAL AND AFFECTIVE DIVERSITY: CASE STUDY

Abstract

Violence in sexual diversity is present, but it is varied, according to the role of victim or perpetrator, above all in unison heterosexual - lesbian relationships, for transcending the imposed sociocultural limits of female identity. The case study was: a 37-year-old patient, education level: primary, unemployed, quintile 2 in the city of Milagro del Ecuador. The patient lives in a disturbing situation due to a certain diversity of sexual and emotional experience with an official heterosexual and a lesbian partner, both relationships led to physical, sexual, psychological and economic violence. She went to the clinic with symptoms of anxiety, anguish, emotional instability, obsessiveness, dependence, affective ambivalence. Objective. To describe the experience and the effectiveness of a psychological evaluation this could facilitate the processes of inclusion, cultural equality in sexual orientation, role and gender identity. Methodology. Descriptive, analytical and qualitative. Results ICD-10 F66 was diagnosed: psychological and behavioral disorders associated with sexual development and orientation. The determination of her female gender was facilitated, which had a bisexual orientation, the acceptance of the delight in her lesbian relationship in order to satisfy economic needs, affectivity ones and communication needs also Conclusions. The therapy provided fortitude to confront sociocultural and intropunitive violence and extra-punitive aspects, this established the same level and agreement of roles and emotional maturity.