Understanding Gender and Domestic Violence From a Sample of Married Women in Urban Thailand

There is a widespread agreement among gender and family violence investigators that gender and socioeconomic inequalities play key roles in domestic violence against women (DVAW). By integrating the concepts of gender traditionalism and decision-making power into a variety of resource-based theories...

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Published in:Journal of family issues 2011-06, Vol.32 (6), p.791-819
Main Authors: Xiaohe Xu, Kerley, Kent R., Sirisunyaluck, Bangon
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Decision Making
Domestic violence
Egalitarianism
Family Violence
Females
Foreign Countries
Gender
Gender Differences
Gender roles
Husbands
Intimate partner violence
Marital Status
Marriage
Power
Risk
Sex
Sex Role
Social contact
Spouses
Thailand
Traditionalism
Urban Areas
Violence
Wives
Women
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Summary:There is a widespread agreement among gender and family violence investigators that gender and socioeconomic inequalities play key roles in domestic violence against women (DVAW). By integrating the concepts of gender traditionalism and decision-making power into a variety of resource-based theories, this study develops a gender perspective to explore the linkages between gendered correlates and psychological and physical DVAW in urban Thailand. Based on a random sample of 770 married women in Bangkok, results from our Tobit regression models indicate that when Thai wives accept gender traditionalism, have significantly greater or smaller economic resources than their husbands, or have significantly greater or smaller decision-making power, they are at greater risk for multiple forms of domestic violence. However, contrary to expectations, Thai wives who report higher levels of social contact or integration do not experience less domestic violence. It is concluded that gender egalitarianism in urban Thailand can greatly reduce the risk of DVAW.
ISSN:0192-513X
1552-5481
DOI:10.1177/0192513X10386306