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Stand by Your Man

Indirect Prescriptions for Honorable Violence and Feminine Loyalty in Canada, Chile, and the United States

Bibliographic Data

ID2314122
AuthorsJoseph A Vandello (0000-0001-9318-4002, University of South Florida, corresponding author), Dov Cohen (0000-0002-0520-8527, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), Ruth Grandon (University of Waterloo), Renae Franiuk (0000-0002-2226-7932, Aurora University)
Year2009
Volume40
Issue1
Pages81-104
Publication date2009-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Cross-Cultural Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-0221 • E-ISSN: 1552-5422
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0022022108326194
OpenAlexW2127066184
LanguageEN
Citations received52
References cited38

Cultural values emphasizing female loyalty, sacrifice, and male honor may indirectly sanction relationship violence and reward women who remain in abusive relationships. Two studies compare participants from subcultures emphasizing honor (Latinos and southern Anglos in Study 1, Chileans in Study 2) and subcultures without strong honor traditions (northern U.S. Anglos in Study 1, Anglo-Canadians in Study 2). In Study 1, participants watch a videotape of a woman describing an abusive relationship. Participants from honor cultures are relatively more favorable to the woman if she stays in the relationship, compared to northerners. In Study 2, Chilean and Canadian students listen to audiotapes of a husband describing a violent conflict with his wife. Chileans rate the husband and his actions more positively than Canadians do when the conflict is jealousy related (perceived flirting), but no cultural differences are found when the conflict is unrelated to jealousy (spending too much money

Flirting · Geography · Honor · Jealousy · Loyalty · Political science · Sacrifice · Sociology · Wife · Cultural Differences and Values · Demography · Emotions and Moral Behavior · Law · Psychology · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology

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