Romantic love constitutes a repertoire of beliefs about the ideal of love, ideas that build imaginaries about what is expected in relationships, as well as about the behaviors considered appropriate for women and men in the sexual-affective sphere. Violence against women is a recurring crime in Latin America; it is constantly perpetuated within the intimate sphere of the victims, especially by their partners or ex-partners. Taking into account the validity of both phenomena, this research analyzed the influence of the idealization of romantic love on gender violence within couples of heterosexual adolescents and young people in Latin America through a bibliographic review. In this sense, the objective was to analyze the contextualization and impact of this current on gender violence, for which the concept of romantic love and the meaning of gender violence are explained. Furthermore, the...