2019-01-302019-01-302019-01-302019-01-30https://ri.ucsal.br/handle/prefix/694The present research, based on literature review, has the purpose of evidencing psychological violence as the prelude to the aggressions practiced against women and the implementation of preventive programs in the Maria da Penha Law. Considering that domestic violence is the product of a patriarchal and sexist society that holds a position of inferiority on women, this work sought to identify what would be the first form of aggression practiced so that prevention measures become more effective than violence. In this way, the importance of dealing with psychological violence against women still considered by many as irrelevant, even in comparison to other types of domestic and family violence, remains to be seen.Acesso AbertoViolência psicológicaGêneroViolênciaLei Maria da PenhaPrevençãoPsychological violenceGenderViolenceMaria da Penha LawPreventionTrabalho de Conclusão de CursoCiências Sociais AplicadasDireito