Views of Intimate Partner Violence in Same‐ and Opposite‐Sex Relationships

Abstract

Attitudes toward same-sex intimate relationships and toward intimate partner violence (IPV) are changing. Little research, however, has examined norms about IPV in same-sex relationships. Using a fractional factorial (experimental vignette) design, we conducted random-digit-dialed interviews in four languages with 3,679 community-residing adults. Multivariate analyses of responses to 14,734 vignettes suggest that IPV against gay male, lesbian, and heterosexual women is more likely than that against heterosexual men to be considered illegal, that it should be illegal, police called, and a stay-away order issued. Regardless of gender and sexual orientation, the type of abuse and whether a weapon was displayed are the strongest predictors of respondents' judgments about whether a behavior is illegal and merits a range of societal interventions.

Domestic Violence Perpetrator Programs: A Proposal for Evidence-Based Standards in the United States

“…Although tacitly acknowledged as being an important issue, IPV in LGBT relationships has not been thoroughly studied or analyzed, which reveals its actual status as marginalized in research, policy, and treatment of IPV (for a review of empirical studies on IPV in LGBT partnerships, see Bernhard, 2000;Byrne, 1996;Finneran & Stephenson, 2014;Fortunata & Kohn, 2003;Glass et al, 2008;Greene, Fisher, Kuper, Andrews, & Mustanski, 2015;Heintz & Melendez, 2006;Letellier, 1994;Lie & Gentlewarrior, 1991;Merrill, 1996;Merrill & Wolfe, 2000;Murray, Mobley, Buford, & Searnan-DeJohn, 2006;Oswald, Fonseca, & Hardesty, 2010;Renzetti, 1992;Renzetti & Miley, 1996;Sorenson & Thomas, 2009;Turell, Herrmann, Hollander, & Galletly, 2012;Welles, Corbin, Rich, Reed, & Raj, 2011). As previously noted, the latest NISVS does not ask, and therefore does not collect data on, IPV in trans* identified people's relationships.…”

Violencia íntima en parejas jóvenes del mismo sexo en Chile

“…Es así como las personas homosexuales tienen menos probabilidades de obtener el apoyo social y de organización para la violencia de pareja en sistemas judiciales o servicios de salud mental de la comunidad (Edwards & Sylaska, 2013;Sorenson & Thomas, 2009;Brown & Herman, 2015).…”

Demographic effects on attitudes toward dating violence and the need for legal protections.

“…Research among college students has shown that the more serious the relationship, the greater likelihood that aggression will occur and that IPV becomes more frequent and severe over time (Stets, 1992, Sorenson & Thomas, 2009. While most research indicates that IPV is more common in committed than casual relationships, other research suggests that there is a curvilinear relationship between the seriousness of the relationship and the existence of IPV, with the lowest levels of violence existing in the least and most committed relationships (Carlson, 1999, Stets, 1992.…”

“…Most incidents of IVP are among heterosexual couples. Members of same-sex couples account for less than one percent of the total victims (Sorenson & Thomas, 2009). African American and Hispanic women are more likely to experience violent partnerships as are American Indian, and Alaska Native men and women, while Asian and Pacific Islander men and women report less IPV (Browning, 2002, Tjaden & Thoennes, 2000.…”

“…IPV can be comprised of four types of behavior: physical violence, sexual violence, making threats, and psychological abuse (CDC, 2012). In IPV, psychological abuse is the most common form, but multiple forms of abuse within the same relationship is common (Sorenson & Thomas, 2009). …”