The objective of this work is, on the one hand, to know what the university student understands by gender violence and, on the other, if he knows someone who suffers from it. For this, written, anonymous and voluntary semi-structured interviews have been carried out to the students of the Degree in Social Work of the University of Valencia. Regarding the results, in relation to the first question, the majority of the participating student body does not define gender violence as that which is exercised against women by their partners or ex-partners, in accordance with Organic Law 1/2004 of Integral Protection Measures against Gender Violence. However, and regarding the second issue, the vast majority of people who have suffered some kind of violence they say they know are themselves, women of their family, friends, partners and acquaintances, being the aggressors their partners or male e... [Leer más...]