Objective:

To analyze the imaginaries and beliefs that influence gender-based violence against women among public officials in the department of La Guajira and institutional tolerance of this phenomenon.

Method:

A quantitative methodology was used through a self-administered survey. The type of sampling was by convenience and 94 people participated: 63 women and 31 men. The results obtained were compared with the averages of the national measurements of institutional tolerance carried out in 2010, 2015 and 2021.

Results:

87% disagreed with seeing motherhood as the only source of fulfillment for women. 46% considered that “when men are angry it is better not to provoke them”. One in four respondents (25%) agreed that battered women stay in a violent relationship because they like being abused. Twenty-nine percent agreed that the way a woman dresses, if she dresses provocatively, can be a reason to be disrespected.

Conclusions:

The State, through the public institutions of the department of La Guajira with direct and indirect competencies in the attention, prevention and eradication of gender-based violence against women, should take measures aimed at eradicating stereotypes and cultural patterns, since their persistence contributes to the presence of this problem in the territory.

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