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In first step, usually, are women that are involved to a greater degree in activities of victims, which tends to be common to find a larger number of participants of the female gender, product often of apathy or by the idea that "this is something of" women", it is important to take into account that allowed to them from a social point of view express their emotions (such as crying), which facilitates participation in such spaces, since this is to recognize the pain, emotion and involvement; something that is not permitted by the dominant cultural paradigm for gender male, given that "men don't cry". The above functions as emotional castration for men as it prevents such recognition, this is reflected in the low participation in the scenarios of victims. This foundation of the macho culture, socially accepted, leads to guess that being male increases the possibility of belonging to a group contrary, therefore, the position was mainly kill the men.
The second variable is given as war strategy, is that to say, killing the person who assumed the responsibility of maintaining a family, this was evident in 87% of cases and 13% the impact that was in the future, family members were left without someone who could assume this role. With this action, generated two types of impact; first closure and limitation of support networks for families (the stigma and social alienation), secondly, the imposition of a collective fear, which sought to reduce the defenders of human rights, trade unionists and organizations acting in social, carrying people belonging to these activities or groups to reconsider his work. This message was also for society in general, because acknowledging indirectly that citizens had to undergo behavior patterns taxes, under the threat or risk of facing actions which infringe against your life, integrity and security.
Well, the crisis within families ends becoming more complex today due to age. The range occurring with greater predominance in interviewed family members is 60 years or older, with 53% of the cases, this is especially because the period with the largest number of cases documented is that of 1990-1994 having this period as a feature main which are more old cases.