Intragender violence, a new challenge for correct news coverage/Violencia intragénero, un nuevo reto para la correcta cobertura de noticias

Resumen

Sexist violence is the first cause of death amongst women aged between 14 and 45 years in Europe. However, maltreatment and violence in the setting of affective and sexual relations are not exclusive to heterosexual relationships. Real situations of violence, both physical and psychological, are found in relationships formed by two people of the same sex. This is called intragender violence. It remains anonymous, far from statistics and numbers. This is either because the people who suffer from it do not make it known, or because society itself finds it hard to believe that violence can be found in lesbian and homosexual relationships. This article presents an analysis of the treatment given by the main Spanish and Basque newspapers to the first murder due to intragender violence that occurred in Spain