@article{ref1,
title="Men's perspectives on women's empowerment and intimate partner violence in rural Bangladesh",
journal="Culture health and sexuality",
year="2018",
author="Schuler, Sidney Ruth and Lenzi, Rachel and Badal, Shamsul Huda and Nazneen, Sohela",
volume="20",
number="1",
pages="113-127",
abstract="Intimate partner violence (IPV) may increase as women in patriarchal societies become empowered, implicitly or explicitly challenging prevailing gender norms. Prior evidence suggests an inverse U-shaped relationship between women's empowerment and IPV, in which violence against women first increases and then decreases as more egalitarian gender norms gradually gain acceptance. By means of focus-group discussions and in-depth interviews with men in 10 Bangladeshi villages, this study explored men's evolving views of women, gender norms and the legitimacy of men's perpetration of IPV in the context of a gender transition. It examines men's often-contradictory narratives about women's empowerment and concomitant changes in norms of masculinity, and identifies aspects of women's empowerment that are most likely to provoke a male backlash. <br><br>FINDINGS suggest that men's growing acceptance of egalitarian gender norms and their self-reported decreased engagement in IPV are driven largely by pragmatic self-interest: their desire to improve their economic status and fear of negative consequences of IPV.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1369-1058",
doi="10.1080/13691058.2017.1332391",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13691058.2017.1332391"
}