ABSTRACT
Objectives:
to discover what were the contributions of the Reflexive Group from the perspective of men being sued by marital violence, who participated in a social technology.
Methods:
qualitative study, resulting from the evaluation stage of an action-research, based on the perspective of Critical Freedom and carried out with 44 men who were being sued in the Peace at Home Courts, in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.
Results:
the discourses of men being sued for marital violence showed that the reflections enabled them to share their experiences; understand their attitudes as disrespectful, violent, and liable in criminal courts; elaborate of strategies for a harmonious marital life; and become multipliers as a result of their willingness to socialize the information and knowledge that emerged from their group.
Conclusions:
the study presents a successful experience of the participation of men in reflexive groups and is a precedent for the validation of this social technology.
Descriptors:
Gender-Based Violence; Masculinity; Education; Men; Culturally Appropriate Technology