Courtship Violence and Sex-Typing

Theorizing Gender in Intimate Partner Violence Research

“…These surveys find a lower overall incidence of domestic violence victimization than studies employing the CTS and may uncover more serious types of violence than surveys employing the CTS. either no relationship between a man's masculinity and violence, or that more feminine men and women reported higher rates of partner assault (Bernard, Bernard, & Bernard, 1985;Burke, Stets, & PirogGood, 1988). A meta-analysis of the voluminous research on gender role attitudes and partner violence has offered weak and inconsistent support for the hypothesis that traditional men engage in higher rates of partner violence than egalitarian men (Sugerman & Frankel, 1996).…”

Dating Violence Prevention: A Didactic Support Group for Young Women

“…Although the research on gender role identity is inconclusive, it seems that young women who have "feminine" gender identities, particularly emotional excitability and relationship dependence, are at risk to experience abuse (Burke et al, 1989). In another study, however, women who were most likely to be abused by their boyfriends were those endorsing both feminine and masculine gender role characteristics (Bernard, Bernard, & Bernard, 1985).…”

Sex Role Ideology, Relationship Context, and Response to Sexual Coercion in College Females

“…However, there has also been research that has shown no relationship between sex role attitudes and response to sexual coercion or victimization (Himelein 1995;Ageton 1988;Koss and Dinero 1989), and in some cases it has been reported that nontraditional women may be less assertive in sexually coercive situations than are traditional women (Bernard et al 1985;Himelein 1995). Kalof (2000) conducted a 2-year longitudinal study on college women that investigated possible vulnerabilities to sexual coercion.…”