A Qualitative Investigation of the Role of Gender in Young Women's Dating Violence in the United States.
The relevance of gender has been a central debate in the intimate partner violence (IPV) literature. The current qualitative study explored the role of gender in shaping the social context, meaning, and reception of young women's IPV in the United States. A total of 36 undergraduate women were recruited from a larger sample for in-depth interviews. Emergent themes suggest that women's violence was construed as nonequivalent to men's violence, including the perceived triviality of women's violence, contingencies under which women's violence is deemed acceptable, and the status of male IPV as unacceptable. Gender was important for participants and bystanders in determining whether they interpreted behaviors as meaningful acts of violence.
['Lehrner|Amy|A|', 'Allen|Nicole E|NE|']
D000293:Adolescent D004493:Education D005260:Female D005783:Gender Identity D006801:Humans D000066511:Intimate Partner Violence D015146:Midwestern United States D036301:Qualitative Research D014495:Universities D055815:Young Adult
gender women dating violence intimate partner violence qualitative methods