"The ecological fallacy" (Dutton 1994) revised

Purpose - In 1994, Dutton questioned whether there is an ecological fallacy within the feminist views of wife assault. To address this concern, he examined the literature regarding dyadic family power and violence. The main goal in this paper is to re-evaluate the results of the Dutton paper on the...

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Published in:Journal of aggression, conflict and peace research conflict and peace research, 2013-01, Vol.5 (3), p.156-166
Main Author: Koller, Jürgen
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aggressiveness
Assault
Assaults
Bullying
Child Abuse
Child abuse & neglect
Domestic violence
Fallacies
Family power
Family Violence
Females
Feminism
Gender differences
Gender equity
Gender stereotypes
Males
Patriarchy
Sex crimes
Stereotypes
Values
Victimization
Violence
Wives
Women
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Summary:Purpose - In 1994, Dutton questioned whether there is an ecological fallacy within the feminist views of wife assault. To address this concern, he examined the literature regarding dyadic family power and violence. The main goal in this paper is to re-evaluate the results of the Dutton paper on the basis of new literature.Design methodology approach - In this paper, post-1994 evidence is presented against the feminist paradigm of patriarchy, which can lead directly to this ecological fallacy. The assertions of this feminist paradigm positing that domestic violence is often linked to patriarchal values and is mainly caused by males, whereas female violence is primarily defensive and reactive, are well-founded criticized.Findings - The data analysed in this paper support Dutton's conclusions in the context of female perpetrated violence within heterosexual intimate partnerships, female sexual offense, child abuse and bullying, violence in female same-sex relationships, and gender stereotypes.Originality value - An accurate overview of the post-1994 literature the topics discussed in this paper is offered.
ISSN:1759-6599
2042-8715
DOI:10.1108/JACPR-01-2013-0005