This qualitative study had as an objective, analyze the conceptions by the women who were submitted to conjugal violence. The study was realized in the Centro "Emergência Mulher" (CEM) (Center " Emergence Woman"), in the city of Trujillo, state union institution , of the Ministério da Mulher e Desenvolvimento Social (MINDES) (Ministry of the Woman and Social Development ) in Peru. The method used was the ordinary life story, which was possible to obtain registers of ten women who denounced the violence perpetrated by their partners. The thematic analysis of the life stories evidenced a common language with symbolisms associated to ethic, esthetical and moral; they also conceptualize the violence as a chronic disease, generational and malaise
Domestic Violence; Women's Health; Health Policy; Family Nursing