UNDERSTANDING GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE NEGATIONISM DISCOURSES ON GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE AMONG SPANISH ADOLESCENTS

This article is the result of a research conducted with adolescents with the aim of understanding their discourses on gender -based violence. It presents the findings of a qualitative research based on seven expert interviews, twelve group interviews conducted with Spanish adolescents. While female adolescents defend critical positions on genderbased violence, male adolescents are closer to post -macho positions. Male adolescents do not completely deny the existence of gender -based violence, but they do minimise its importance. This research note presents three research results: first, a map of the discursive positions of adolescent males and females on gender -based violence; second, a re -construction of the trivialising argument about gender -based violence; and third, what has been called the curved mirror, which is the set of beliefs that adolescent males have about themselves with respect to gender -based violence.