An Economic Exclusion/Male Peer Support Model Looks at “Wedfare” and Woman Abuse

This chapter reviews widely read and cited social scientific theories of separation and divorce violence against women. Explanations covered include the male proprietariness thesis, the challenge thesis, a feminist/male peer support model of separation and divorce sexual assault, a rural masculinity crisis/male peer support model of separation/divorce sexual assault, and the social and economic exclusion model of separation/divorce woman abuse in public housing.

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Male peer support and woman abuse: An expansion of Dekeseredy's model

Sociological Spectrum ◽

10.1080/02732173.1993.9982041 ◽

1993 ◽

Vol 13 (4) ◽

pp. 393-413 ◽

Cited By ~ 54

Author(s):

Walter S. Dekeseredy ◽

Martin D. Schwartz

Keyword(s):

Peer Support ◽

Woman Abuse ◽

Male Peer ◽

Male Peer Support

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Adult Pornography, Male Peer Support, and Violence Against Women

Technology for Facilitating Humanity and Combating Social Deviations ◽

10.4018/978-1-60960-094-5.ch003 ◽

2010 ◽

pp. 34-50 ◽

Cited By ~ 14

Author(s):

Walter S. DeKeseredy ◽

Patrik Olsson

Keyword(s):

Peer Support ◽

Violence Against Women ◽

Empirical Work ◽

Financial Impact ◽

Woman Abuse ◽

New Directions ◽

Male Peer ◽

Social Scientific ◽

Male Peer Support ◽

The Relationship

It is estimated that there are over a million pornographic sites on the Internet, with as many as 10,000 added every week. In addition to having a major financial impact, adult pornography is strongly associated with various types of violence against women, especially sexual assault. Some studies have found that the contribution of pornography to woman abuse in dating, marriage, and during or after separation/divorce is related to male peer support, which refers to the attachments to male peers and the resources they provide that perpetuate and legitimate woman abuse. The main objective of this chapter is twofold: (1) to review the extant social scientific research on the relationship between violence against women, male peer support, and adult Internet pornography and (2) to suggest new directions in empirical work on the association between these three social problems.

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Sexual Assault on the College Campus

Criminal Justice and Behavior ◽

10.1177/0093854812456527 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 39 (11) ◽

pp. 1457-1480 ◽

Cited By ~ 58

Author(s):

Cortney A. Franklin ◽

Leana Allen Bouffard ◽

Travis C. Pratt

Keyword(s):

Sexual Assault ◽

Sexual Violence ◽

Peer Relationships ◽

Peer Support ◽

Self Control ◽

Theory Of Crime ◽

Male Peer ◽

Male Peer Support ◽

The Impact ◽

Support Model

Research on college sexual assault has focused on offender behavior to understand why men perpetrate sexual violence. Dominant theories have incorporated forms of male peer support, paying particular attention to the impact of rape-supportive social relationships on woman abuse. In contrast, Gottfredson and Hirschi’s general theory of crime proposes that low self-control predicts crime and other related life outcomes—including the kinds of antisocial peer relationships that the male peer support model contends causes sexual violence. The exclusion of measures of self-control on sexual assault may result in a misspecified peer support model. Accordingly, the current research empirically tests Schwartz and DeKeseredy’s male peer support model and examines the role of self-control in the larger male peer support model of sexual assault. Implications for theory and research are discussed.

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