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“Having it All”: Women's Perception of Impact of Female Promotion on Threat of Domestic Violence

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 January 2013

Mari Carmen Herrera ,
Francisca Expósito ,
Miguel Moya  and
Diane Houston
Mari Carmen Herrera*
Affiliation:
Universidad de Granada (Spain)
Francisca Expósito
Affiliation:
Universidad de Granada (Spain)
Miguel Moya
Affiliation:
Universidad de Granada (Spain)
Diane Houston
Affiliation:
University of Kent (UK)
*
Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Mari Carmen Herrera. Departamento de Psicología Social, Facultad de Psicología, Universidad de Granada. Campus de Cartuja, s/n 18071 Granada (Spain). Phone: + 34-958246272. Fax: +34-958243746. E-mail: mcherrer@ugr.es
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Abstract

This study involved 219 women participants. The main aim of the present study is to examine the perceived consequences of a work-related promotion for the female partner in a heterosexual relationship. The impact of the promotion was manipulated - both partners share paid and domestic work, the male partner taking responsibility for all the domestic work - or female partner continuing to do all the domestic work, as well as the male partner's sexist ideology. Finally, the study examined gender ideology of participants. The results showed that participants felt that violence was more likely when the male partner was presented as sexist and that this was due to a perception of threat on the part of the male partner.

En este estudio participaron 219 mujeres. El objetivo principal del presente estudio es examinar las consecuencias percibidas que el ascenso de la mujer tendría sobre la pareja (heterosexual). Se manipularon las consecuencias del hecho de que la mujer consiguiera un ascenso en el trabajo: los dos miembros de la pareja trabajan fuera de casa y comparten las tareas del hogar, el hombre realizará las tareas domésticas, o la mujer continuará realizando todo el trabajo doméstico; así como la ideología sexista del hombre. Finalmente, el estudio examinó la ideología de género de las participantes. Los resultados mostraron que las participantes pensaban que la probabilidad de violencia era mayor cuando el hombre era presentado como sexista y que esto era debido a la percepción de amenaza por parte del hombre.

Keywords

domestic workintimate partner violencesexismpowerthreattrabajo domésticoviolencia de parejasexismopoderamenaza
Type
Research Article
Information
The Spanish Journal of Psychology , Volume 15 , Issue 2 , July 2012 , pp. 670 - 679
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2012

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