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Gender Symmetry, Sexism, and Intimate Partner ViolenceUniversity of South Carolina, allenct{at}mailbox.sc.edu
University of South Carolina
John Jay College of Criminal Justice-City University of New York This study of a predominantly Hispanic sample of 92 male and 140 female college students examines both gender symmetry in intimate partner violence (IPV) and inconsistent relationships found in previous studies between sexist attitudes and IPV. Results indicate that although comparable numbers of men and women perpetrate and are victimized in their relationships with intimate partners, the path models suggest that women’s violence tends to be in reaction to male violence, whereas men tend to initiate violence and then their partners respond with violence. Benevolent sexism was shown to have a protective effect against men’s violence toward partners. Findings highlight the importance of studying women’s violence not only in the context of men’s violence but also within a broader sociocultural context.
Key Words: dating violence • gender symmetry • ambivalent sexism • college students
This version was published on November
1, 2009 Journal of Interpersonal Violence, Vol. 24, No. 11,
1816-1834 (2009) |
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