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- Title
A Patriarchal Perspective of Beliefs About Wife Beating Among Palestinian Men From the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
- Authors
Haj-Yahia, Muhammad M.
- Abstract
The article presents results of a study of Palestinian husbands' beliefs on wife beating. Over the past three decades, beliefs about wife beating have been one of the focal topics of research on domestic violence in Western and Eastern societies throughout the world. In this connection, cross-cultural research has revealed differential beliefs, orientations, and attitudes toward wife abuse and battering in different countries. Different levels of approval were also reported in studies of attitudes toward wife beating in Eastern societies. A later study, which focused on Arab husbands from Israel, revealed a general tendency to justify wife beating. About 28 percent of the respondents strongly agreed or agreed that "sometimes it is OK for a man to beat his wife," and about 20 percent strongly agreed or agreed that "occasional violence by a husband toward his wife can help maintain the marriage." It should also be noted that the status of Arab women is extremely low compared with that of their Western counterparts. Against this back- ground, and owing to the serious lack of studies about domestic violence in Arab societies and particularly in Palestinian society, the need to generate new knowledge and examine the relevance of existing knowledge related to those contexts becomes evident. In addition to exploring
- Subjects
ISRAEL; PALESTINE; SPOUSES' legal relationship; GENDER role; WIFE abuse; HUSBANDS; MARRIED people
- Publication
Journal of Family Issues, 1998, Vol 19, Issue 5, p595
- ISSN
0192-513X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/019251398019005006