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Critical epistemologies, including feminist epistemologies, have opted for forms of (re)production of knowledge that take into account the subjective position embodied by such women as us, who dedicate our time and effort to the study of social phenomena.

The purpose of this paper is to share an exercise in reflexivity based on one specific experience, and to try to make this useful for those involved in teaching and social research, especially on violence against women. It is a set and therefore limited exercise, which includes issues associated with research practice (including a specific methodological proposal). But it also shares other more theoretical aspects related to the conceptualisation of the phenomenon and the processes of construction of hegemonic imaginaries about male violence in general, and violence against women in particular.

Keywords: violence against women, feminist epistemologies, social research, teaching with a feminist perspective.