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HERRERA RAMOS, Jesús Oswaldo. Uso de la categoría “Trastorno Antisocial de la Personalidad” como invisibilización de la violencia feminicida. La ventana [online]. 2015, vol.5, n.42, pp.100-128. ISSN 1405-9436.

The present essay aims to examine, from a feminist perspective, the antisocial behavior of men who suffer from Antisocial Personality Disorder, like acts of femicide violence. From this perspective, the psychopath, criminal or not, constitutes the maximum expression of femicide violence: It is the negative extreme of the hegemonic masculinity dimension. For Russell (2006), being mentally ill does not exempt men from their misogyny and racism; there is a lack of consideration of the sociocultural factors which promote the causes of the criminal acts. The acts and the violent behaviors against women, then, have to be displayed as a misogynist expression which violates the human rights of all women (Lagarde, 2008). A solution to this problem using only a psychiatric perspective is not viable. A solution is that the femicide violence problem and misogynist can and should be eradicated through the modifications in the legal and social structures, proposed in the feminist movements.

Palavras-chave : feminicide violence; antisocial personality disorder; psychopathy; misogyny and gender violence.