Male Peer Support to Hostile Sexist Attitudes Influences Rape Proclivity

Durán, Mercedes; Megías, Jesús L.; Moya, Miguel

doi:10.1177/0886260515624212

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“…Our analyses revealed a pattern of direct associations that replicated the findings of recent work showing perceptions of descriptive and injunctive norms to be positively correlated with personal attitudes regarding the acceptability of intimate partner violence (Duran et al, 2018; Mulla et al, 2017). Furthermore, follow-up comparisons of the direct effects indicated that participants’ perceptions of injunctive norms (i.e., believing that peers were accepting of SV) were significantly more strongly associated with their personal attitudes toward SV and RA.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 86%

The Prospective Influence of Perceived Social Norms on Bystander Actions Against Sexual Violence and Relationship Abuse: A Multiple Mediation Model

Mulla

Haikalis

Orchowski

et al. 2020

J Interpers Violence

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The present study assessed support for an innovative model of the direct and indirect paths through which perceived peer norms regarding the prevalence and acceptability of sexual violence (SV) and relationship abuse (RA) may influence the decisional process leading to bystander intervention. Analyses included baseline and 6-month follow-up data collected from a large sample of high school students ( N = 2,303) across 27 schools in the Northeastern United States. Path analyses were conducted to test a multiple mediation model of the direct and indirect associations among the sequential predictors of perceived descriptive and injunctive norms, personal attitudes, abuse perceptions, risk recognition, and dependent measures of bystander behaviors at baseline and 6-month follow-up. Higher perceptions of the prevalence (descriptive norms) and acceptability (injunctive norms) of SV and RA among peers were associated with more accepting personal attitudes toward SV and RA, which were associated with lower abuse perceptions and risk recognition. Furthermore, lower abuse perceptions and risk recognition were associated with decreases in bystander behaviors at both time points. Mediational analyses revealed several significant indirect paths through which higher perceptions of descriptive and injunctive norms contributed to decreases in bystander behavior. Findings provide novel evidence of the prospective influence of perceived norms on bystander intervention behavior in situations of SV and RA.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 86%

The Prospective Influence of Perceived Social Norms on Bystander Actions Against Sexual Violence and Relationship Abuse: A Multiple Mediation Model

Mulla

Haikalis

Orchowski

et al. 2020

J Interpers Violence

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“…For example, benevolent and hostile sexism were related to attitudes toward dating and sexual behavior (McCarty and Kelly 2015;Paynter and Leaper 2016;Zaikman and Marks 2014), tolerance of sexual harassment and rape (Durán et al 2016;Russell and Trigg 2004), and attitudes toward women's reproductive rights, pregnancy, and abortion (Hodson and MacInnis 2017;Huang et al 2016;Sutton et al 2011). Particularly important for our purposes, many findings indicate that sexist attitudes affect relationship and marriage norms and promote preferences for romantic partners who possess qualities congruent with traditional gender roles (Bermúdez et al 2015;Chen et al 2009;Thomae and Houston 2016).…”

Section: Ambivalent Sexism Theorymentioning

confidence: 85%

Do Sexist Mothers Change More Diapers? Ambivalent Sexism, Maternal Gatekeeping, and the Division of Childcare

Gaunt

Pinho

2017

Sex Roles

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The present study examined the role of ambivalent sexist ideologies in the division of childcare responsibilities. We proposed maternal gatekeeping as a mediator through which hostile sexist attitudes toward men and women facilitate gendered division of childcare. A sample of 207 mothers with at least one child aged 6 years or younger completed extensive questionnaires. As hypothesized, the mother's hostile sexist attitudes toward men and women were positively related to maternal gatekeeping tendencies. Gatekeeping, in turn, was related to the mother's greater time investment in childcare and greater share of childcare tasks relative to the father. Finally, hostile sexist attitudes toward men and women had an indirect effect on the mothers' hours of care and relative share of childcare tasks, mediated though maternal gatekeeping. The findings underscore the importance of investigating the mechanisms through which sexist ideologies are translated into daily behaviors that help maintain a gendered social structure. They may be utilized to inform parenting interventions aimed at increasing collaborative family work and fathers' participation.

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“…(VicHealth, 2014, p. 8) International research has shown that individuals who hold attitudes expressive of tolerance for various forms of violence against women, are more likely to also report proclivity towards aggression and this violence itself (see e.g. Bohner, Siebler, & Schmelcher, 2006;Dura´n, Megı´as, & Moya, 2016;Expo´sito, Herrera, Valor-Segura, Herrera, & Lozano, 2014). In other words, there is a link between an individual holding violence supportive attitude and their self-reported tendency or preparedness to use violence.…”

Section: Violence Supportive Attitudes: Background To the Conceptmentioning

confidence: 99%

Cultures of gendered violence: An integrative review of measures of attitudinal support for violence against women

Powell

Webster

2016

Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology

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National and international research has repeatedly identified the specific gendered nature and context of women's victimisation of violence, whereby women are disproportionately victims of sexual and partner violence and overwhelmingly at the hands of known male perpetrators. As such, violence against women warrants a targeted and substantial focus, within overall violence reduction and prevention efforts. In the Australian policy context, there is an emerging and influential focus on attitudes towards violence against women as key targets for primary prevention and as foci for monitoring progress in reducing this violence. The Australian National Community Attitudes Towards Violence Against Women Survey was established to estimate community-level understanding of and attitudes towards violence against women. It has arguably evolved into an important instrument both for monitoring shifts in Australians' knowledge and attitudes, as well as for directing primary prevention efforts. The purpose of this article is to provide an integrative review in relation to one of the key dimensions of the national community attitudes survey: violence supportive attitudes (see Webster et al., 2014). Here, we seek to identify patterns in defining and measuring attitudes that support violence against women, as well as advance the field by offering recommendations for progressing the measurement of violence supportive attitudes in Australia in the future.

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Male Peer Support to Hostile Sexist Attitudes Influences Rape Proclivity

Cited by 21 publications

References 33 publications

The Prospective Influence of Perceived Social Norms on Bystander Actions Against Sexual Violence and Relationship Abuse: A Multiple Mediation Model

The Prospective Influence of Perceived Social Norms on Bystander Actions Against Sexual Violence and Relationship Abuse: A Multiple Mediation Model

Do Sexist Mothers Change More Diapers? Ambivalent Sexism, Maternal Gatekeeping, and the Division of Childcare

Cultures of gendered violence: An integrative review of measures of attitudinal support for violence against women

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