Effects of Masculinity, Sex, and Control on Different Types of Intimate Partner Violence Perpetration

Parental and Cultural Influences on Hispanic College Women's Verbal Intimate Partner Violence Victimization: An Examination of Within-Group Differences

“…The finding supports prior research findings about the influence of paternal machismo behaviors on familial conflict (Cortes, 2005;Dietrich & Schuett, 2013;Friedman, Loue, Golman Heaphy, & Mendez, 2011;Próspero, 2008). Social learning theory would suggest, more specifically, that the finding illustrates the ways in which a father that is the dominant force in the family can subordinate all other members, including the wife (Gelsthorpe & Morris, 1990;Sugarman & Frankel, 1996;Turchik et al, 2010).…”

“…whereby Hispanic males are pressured to stress dominance and subjugate women (Galanti, 2003;Próspero, 2008;Torres, Solberg, & Carlstrom, 2002). Further, conceptualizations of machismo place the father as the head of the household who makes all decisions and is given the right to guide all aspects of the family functions outside of those assigned to women (Torres, Solberg, & Carlstrom, 2002).…”

Perceptions and Experiences of Intimate Partner Violence Among Hispanic College Students

“…Rondon's (2003) portrayal of domestic violence reflects the feminist theory of IPV, which asserts that IPV arises from patriarchal social structures that socialize males and females into stratified gender-specific roles (Próspero, 2008).…”

“…A second perspective for examining IPV is the family violence perspective, which attributes the incidence of domestic violence to societal tolerance of violence as an acceptable means of resolving interpersonal conflict (Próspero, 2008 Próspero grouped all three scenarios under the umbrella of social-learning theories. The study explored the effects of biological sex and gender-role orientation, along with controlling behaviors and IPV victimization, on attitudes toward three types of IPV perpetrations: physical, sexual, and psychological.…”

“…The instruments used for the study included the Revised Conflict Scale (CTS2) by Straus, Hamby, Boney-McCoy, and Sugarman (1996), the Bem Sex Role Inventory by Bem (1974), the revised Controlling Behaviors Scale devised by Graham-Kevan and Archer (2003) and used in their own research, and the revised Expagg of Archer and Haigh (1997), which assesses attitudes toward aggression (Próspero, 2008 (Próspero, 2008). The findings for biological sex revealed that women were more likely to be perpetrators of psychological IPV, while men were more likely to perpetrate sexual IPV.…”