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The Cultural Context of Sexual Aggression
Author(s) -
HALL GORDON C. NAGAYAMA,
TETEN ANDRA L.,
SUE STANLEY
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
annals of the new york academy of sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.712
H-Index - 248
eISSN - 1749-6632
pISSN - 0077-8923
DOI - 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2003.tb07299.x
Subject(s) - sexual coercion , coercion (linguistics) , collectivism , psychology , social psychology , context (archaeology) , psychological intervention , developmental psychology , poison control , human factors and ergonomics , political science , individualism , medicine , geography , psychiatry , linguistics , philosophy , environmental health , law , archaeology
A bstract : Attention paid to culture in theories of sexual coercion has been limited. This failure to include culture in these theories implies that culture does not have an important role in sexually coercive behavior. Recent conceptual and empirical work supports the existence of culture‐specific models of sexual coercion. Sexual coercion has been characterized in much of the literature as an individual phenomenon. However, cultural norms are influential in collectivist cultural groups. Whereas European American men's sexual coercion is primarily determined by misogynous beliefs, Asian American men's sexual coercion is determined by a combination of misogynous beliefs and cultural considerations. These findings underscore the need to consider cultural context in the development of theoretical models and interventions for sexually coercive behavior.