Crossing the threshold: engendered definitions of socially acceptable domestic violence in Chennai, India.
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| Title: | Crossing the threshold: engendered definitions of socially acceptable domestic violence in Chennai, India. |
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| Authors: | Go VF (AUTHOR), Johnson SC (AUTHOR), Bentley ME (AUTHOR), Sivaram S (AUTHOR), Srikrishnan AK (AUTHOR), Celentano DD (AUTHOR), Solomon S (AUTHOR) |
| Source: | Culture, Health & Sexuality. Sep/Oct2003, Vol. 5 Issue 5, p393-408. 16p. |
| Abstract: | The objective of this study was to examine the pathways by which gender norms may influence marital violence in low-income communities of Chennai, India. As part of a multisite international behavioural HIV intervention trial, 48 in-depth interviews and 14 focus groups with men and women were conducted in two randomly selected low-income communities within the city. Interviews were taped, transcribed, translated, coded and analysed to identify recurrent themes. A multi-layered conceptual framework was used to examine individual, relational, community and societal level determinants of marital violence in this setting. Participants noted that husbands hold decision-making power in economic, social and sexual spheres. Clear patterns of violence were present; respondents reported that husbands regularly beat wives in most marriages. Marital conflicts were intensified by the presence of community level stressors such as poverty and unemployment. Participants perceived violence to be a necessary tool that served to discipline wives and ultimately enforce gender norms. Although many respondents felt wife-beating was the norm, the acceptable intensity- of violence varied by gender. Interventions that reconsider genderbased roles and empower men and women to lower the threshold of socially acceptable violence should be developed to alleviate the consequences of violence. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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