“Your Friends Do Matter”: Peer Group Talk in Adolescence and Gender Violence Victimization

Racionero-Plaza, Sandra; Duque, Elena; Padrós, María; Roldán, Silvia Molina

doi:10.3390/children8020065

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“…In this regard, other research has also evidenced the influence of social imaginaries and media messages, often promoted by romantic novels or in women’s erotic literature, that perpetuate this reversal of roles ( Hawley and Hensley, 2009 ). Research also suggests that friendship among girls during their adolescence can either protect them from their peer critics regarding their sexual behavior or lead to double standard reproduction ( Racionero-Plaza et al, 2021 ).…”

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Making Choices in Discourse: New Alternative Masculinities Opposing the “Warrior’s Rest”

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Psychology research on men studies, attractiveness, and partner preferences has evolved from the influence of sociobiological perspectives to the role of interactions in shaping election toward sexual–affective relationships and desire toward different kinds of masculinities. However, there is a scientific gap in how language and communicative acts among women influence the kind of partner they feel attracted to and in the reproduction of relationship double standards, like the myth of the “warrior’s rest” where female attractiveness to “bad boys” is encouraged or supported. Some women imitate “the warrior” behavior of men by choosing dominant traditional masculinities (DTM) to have “fun” with and oppressed traditional masculinities (OTM) for “rest” after the “fun” with DTM—choosing an OTM for a stable relationship, but perhaps without passion, while also feeling attraction toward DTM, a response which perpetuates the chauvinist double standard that the feminist movement has condemned when men behave in this sexist way. Through conducting a qualitative study with communicative daily life stories, this article explores, on the one hand, how language and social interaction among women can lead to the reproduction of the DTM role by women and, on the other hand, also how new alternative masculinities (NAM) offer an alternative by explicitly rejecting, through the language of desire, to be the rest for the female warrior, the second fiddle to any woman. This has the potential to become a highly attractive alternative to DTM. Findings provide new knowledge through the analysis of communicative acts and masculinities evidencing the importance of language uses in the reproduction of the double standards in gender relations and to understand how and why these practices are maintained and which kind of language uses can contribute to preventing them. Implications for research and interventions on preventive socialization of gender violence are discussed.

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“…When Marc worked at a technology company, he remembered one colleague, in particular, representing the DTM model (Roberto). According to Marc, Roberto used to ridicule those men who did not follow his model ( Racionero-Plaza et al, 2021 ) as well as making very derogatory comments toward women. As the company had partners in different European countries, the example provided by Marc refers to a night out of the team after a meeting in Belgium.…”

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“…Due to this affirmation, dominant boys are learning to use teases for ridiculing others and maintaining their social status. The coercive dominant discourse ( Puigvert and Flecha, 2018 ; Puigvert et al, 2019 ) influences these phenomena, emptying the attractiveness of the OTM men with such comments while reinforcing the link existing between dominant men and desire ( Ruiz-Eugenio et al, 2020a ; Racionero-Plaza et al, 2021 ). In other research, dominant young men are identified with those that are more prone to perpetrate violence against girls ( McCarry, 2010 ).…”

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“Come on! He Has Never Cooked in His Life!” New Alternative Masculinities Putting Everything in Its Place

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Communicative acts of some women are perpetuating the dominance that DTM (Dominant Traditional Masculinities) have over both women and OTM (Oppressed Traditional Masculinities). Some women use language in a disdainful manner to reprimand oppressed men’s behavior in daily life situations, the same behavior that such women would not reproach to DTM. But NAM (New Alternative Masculinities) are reacting to this. This article analyzes the communicative acts employed in all these situations, both those produced by women and DTM, as well as NAM’s communicative acts in response to those offenses. Data was collected using communicative daily life stories of give women and three men with diverse profiles and different levels of participation in women’s and men’s movements. Findings highlight, from the transformative dimension of the communicative methodology, that the use of language of desire in NAM’s reactions is effective not only to make justice with men who have never executed violence on women, but also to undermine the attractiveness of both DTM’s behavior and the comments of some women on such behavior. These findings complement previous research on preventive socialization of gender violence by broadening scientific knowledge on NAM’s communicative acts that prevent and eradicate gender-based violence. Further research ought to broaden the evidence of how some women who defend feminist values sometimes do not support and even tease or reprimand men who practice these values; moreover, an important line could analyze the way people talk about men with NAM attitudes to hold back reprimands in comparison to how people talk about men who follow a DTM model.

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“…Recent analyses show that one of the key components of gender violence victimization among adolescents is the influence on the preferences of adolescent girls to start having an affective-sexual relationship. These preferences are strongly influenced by a coercive discourse that reproduces in the peer group interactions that pressure and push them to have relationships with violent boys ( Racionero-Plaza et al, 2021 ). In this regard, the way of talking to friends and peers can influence preferences, including the different models of masculinity, which is important since each model of masculinity plays a different role in perpetuating or eliminating gender violence ( Flecha et al, 2013 ).…”

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Dialogic Feminist Gathering and the Prevention of Gender Violence in Girls With Intellectual Disabilities

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Adolescent gender-based violence prevention and sexuality education is a topic of current concern given the increasing numbers of violence directed at girls. International organizations indicate that one in three girls aged 15 to 19 have experienced gender-based violence in their sexual relationships that this risk may be as much as 3–4 times higher for girls with disabilities. Following the good results obtained in the research project “Free_Teen_Desire” led by the University of Cambridge and funded by the Marie Curie Actions Program in the prevention of gender violence in adolescents through Dialogic Feminist Gatherings (DFG), the aim of study is to analyze Its transfer and impact on adolescent girls with intellectual disabilities. The DFGs are here understood as generators of a more dialogic environment for girls in general and we wonder if and how It is extended to the context of girls with disabilities. Thus, the research takes the form of a case study with a communicative approach on a DFGs. The intervention is carried out in a special school located in Valencia during the 2018–2019 and 2019–2020 academic years with a group of 19 non-mixed female students, female teachers, and the mother of one of the students. The study analyzes which are the transfer criteria to incorporate the DFGs in a special education context and what is their impact on the prevention of gender violence in girls with disabilities. The data collection techniques consist of two in-depth interviews, analysis of the field diary of 24 intervention sessions and a focus group with seven teachers. It is demonstrated that DFGs are successfully transferred to the special education context of the case study. The results show how contexts of safety, solidarity and friendship are generated which protect adolescent girls with disabilities from relationships with gender violence.

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“Your Friends Do Matter”: Peer Group Talk in Adolescence and Gender Violence Victimization

Cited by 19 publications

References 27 publications

Making Choices in Discourse: New Alternative Masculinities Opposing the “Warrior’s Rest”

Making Choices in Discourse: New Alternative Masculinities Opposing the “Warrior’s Rest”

“Come on! He Has Never Cooked in His Life!” New Alternative Masculinities Putting Everything in Its Place

Dialogic Feminist Gathering and the Prevention of Gender Violence in Girls With Intellectual Disabilities

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