The Paradoxical Value of Deviant Cases: Toward a Gendered Theory of Display Work

Signs ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 333-359 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ashley Mears ◽  
Catherine Connell
Keyword(s):  
Gendered Theory

Gendered Theory and Gendered Practice

2014 ◽  
pp. 1876-1883 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marjorie S. Zatz ◽  
Heather R. Gough
Keyword(s):  
Gendered Theory

Chivalry vs. Patriarchy: Exploring the Psychological Mechanisms of Physical Intimate Partner Violence (IPV)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Ara A'Court
Keyword(s):  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Ambivalent Sexism ◽  
Benevolent Sexism ◽  
Hostile Sexism ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Ipv Perpetration ◽  
Gendered Theory ◽  
The Relationship

<p>Two leading theories propose different reasons for men’s and women’s intimate partner violence (IPV). The gendered theory proposes that society’s patriarchal norms of male dominance and female subordination cause men’s IPV towards women. From this perspective, violence against ‘wives’ is condoned by society, and women only perpetrate IPV in self-defence against men’s primary violence. Conversely, the chivalrous theory of IPV explains women’s IPV perpetration in terms of society’s chivalrous norms, which protect women from male violence and emboldens women to physically assault male partners. From this perspective, women’s violence is not considered harmful to men. As gendered theory and chivalrous theory both reference stereotyped gender attitudes (sexism) towards women, I used the ambivalent sexism inventory (ASI) to test the competing theories efficacy in explaining IPV perpetration by heterosexual men and women. The ASI conceptualises sexist attitudes towards women as comprised of two parts: hostile sexism (reflecting the hostility towards women outlined by gendered theory), and benevolent sexism (reflecting the benevolence towards women outlined by chivalrous theory). Gendered theory states that society condones violence towards women. Thus, men’s attitudes approving of male-perpetrated IPV should mediate the relationship between men’s hostile sexism and IPV, if gendered theory predictions are correct. Alternatively, chivalrous theory poses that society does not approve of violence towards women. Thus, attitudes disapproving of men’s IPV against women and approving of women’s IPV towards men should mediate the relationship between benevolent sexism and IPV if chivalrous theory is correct. I hypothesized men’s increased hostile sexism would predict men’s increased IPV perpetration through increased approval of IPV against women, and men’s increased benevolent sexism would predict men’s decreased IPV perpetration through decreased approval of IPV against women. Further, I hypothesised that women’s increased hostile sexism would predict women’s increased IPV perpetration through increased approval of IPV against men, and women’s benevolent sexism would predict increased IPV perpetration through increased approval of IPV against men. North American men and women (N = 688) filled out an online questionnaire measuring experiences of IPV as victims and/or perpetrators, approval of male and female IPV perpetration, and hostile and benevolent sexism. Multi-group structural equation modelling tested the extent to which positive attitudes toward intimate partner violence mediated the association between sexism and IPV perpetration for men and for women. Results found that, for both men and women, increased hostile sexism predicted greater IPV perpetration through greater approval of men’s IPV against women. Furthermore, increased benevolent sexism predicted women’s increased IPV perpetration through increased approval of men’s IPV against women. Men’s increased benevolent sexism did not predict men’s lower IPV perpetration or disapproval of IPV against women. However, men’s and women’s ambivalent sexism also predicted greater approval of women’s IPV towards men. Results did not fully support patriarchal or chivalrous predictions, instead aligning well with ambivalent sexism theory which posits a more inclusive and holistic understanding of the relationship between sexism and IPV perpetration. Reducing all forms of sexism and men’s and women’s positive attitudes toward the use of IPV are identified as important targets for IPV treatment and prevention.</p>

Towards a gendered theory of social change

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban ◽  
Janet Mancini Billson
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Gendered Theory

A Gendered Theory of Delinquency and Despair in the Life Course

2002 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-46 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Hagan ◽  
Bill McCarthy ◽  
Holly Foster
Keyword(s):  
Life Course ◽  
Gendered Theory ◽  
The Life Course

Gender and Crime: Toward a Gendered Theory of Female Offending

1996 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 459-487 ◽  
Author(s):  
Darrell Steffensmeier ◽  
Emilie Allan
Keyword(s):  
Gender And Crime ◽  
Female Offending ◽  
Gendered Theory

Gender, Social Class, and the Sporting Capital–Economic Capital Nexus

2006 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 273-292 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carl Stempel
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Cultural Capital ◽  
College Education ◽  
The United States ◽  
Economic Capital ◽  
Adult Participation ◽  
Class Differences ◽  
Gender Patterns ◽  
Gendered Theory ◽  
And Gender

In “Do High School Athletes Earn More Pay?” Curtis, McTeer, and White reopened an important line of inquiry about the conversion of sporting capital to economic capital. They found associations between adolescent participation sports and adult income for Canadian men and women with some college education. The present study revises and extends Curtis and colleagues’ understanding of sport as cultural capital and its relation to economic capital, tests the nature of the high school varsity sport–adult income relationship for the United States, and examines gender and class differences in the degree to which adult sporting practices mediate the varsity sport–adult income relationship. The results show that American class and gender patterns of income and participation are similar to those found by Curtis and colleagues and that adult participation in sports more strongly mediates this relationship for men than for women. I conclude by proposing a gendered theory of sports as cultural capital to explain those differences.

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