“She Should be Smart Enough To Know, Hey, These Things Can Happen”: Identifying Men’s Perceptions, Attitudes and Beliefs About Sexual Aggression Toward Women in Drinking Venues and The Implications for Prevention

Author:

Graham Kathryn12ORCID,Bernards Sharon1,Abbey Antonia3,Banyard Victoria4,Donnelly Peter D.25,Dumas Tara M.6,McMahon Sarah4,Senn Charlene7,Swartout Kevin M.8,Trudell AnnaLise9,Wells Samantha12101112

Affiliation:

1. Institute for Mental Health Policy Research, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada

2. Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

3. Department of Psychology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA

4. School of Social Work, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ, USA

5. Medical School, University of St Andrews, Scotland, UK

6. Department of Psychology, Huron University, London, ON, Canada

7. Department of Psychology, Women & Gender Studies, University of Windsor, Windsor, ON, Canada

8. Department of Psychology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA

9. Manager of Wellness & Equity Education, Western University, London, ON, Canada

10. Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada

11. Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Western University, London, ON, Canada

12. Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

Abstract

Sexual aggression (SA) by men toward women, including harassment and unwanted sexual touching, is ubiquitous in drinking venues. Focus groups with 38 male volunteers aged 19-26 were used to articulate men’s perceptions, attitudes, and beliefs (PABs) related to SA in drinking venues for future development of a comprehensive questionnaire. Three cross-cutting themes relevant to prevention emerged from discussions structured using a 6-dimensional theoretical model: drinking venues culture with normative acceptance of SA as harmless fun, gender scripts that hold female targets responsible for SA, and alcohol attributions that reduce blame for intoxicated men perpetrators and increase blame for women targets.

Funder

Canadian Institutes of Health Research

Publisher

SAGE Publications

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