Maltrato de mujeres y misoginia: estudio empírico sobre un posible factor explicativo

Resum

Misogynist beliefs and attitudes may help to explain gender violence. This research analyses their possible role in domestic violence, comparing misogynist attitudes in batterers and non-batterers. The "Sexist Attitudes toward Women Scale" (Benson & Vincent, 1980) and "Husbandls Patriarchal Beliefs" (Smith, 1990) were applied to a sample of 142 victims of domestic violence and 142 female non-victims, who were asked about their husbands' attitudes and beliefs. Those results are discussed.