Aportes de J. W. Prescott para una propuesta de prevención de la violencia en México

Abstract

This article summarizes the assessment of the origins of violence by James W. Prescott and presents ideas for a proposal of violence prevention in Mexico. Prescott's neuropsychological and anthropological studies find that the main causes of the exponential increase in violence and violence against women are gender inequality and the lack of sensory physical pleasure throughout life, but particularly during the stage of infancy, due to the failure to establish an affective bond between the mother and the infant. Prescott demonstrates that this bond is necessary for optimal cerebral, emotional, social, and intellectual development, and for the creation of non-violent societies. His anthropological studies provide support of how gender equality promotes more pacific societies with higher levels of social well-being. We also present the finds of neurological studies by Chilton Pearce on practices to promote in family and school environments in favor of optimal development of the brain and of intelligence, as well as to shape pacific individuals.