Question

Since 85% of the victims of Intimate Partner Violence are female, would a solution to this problem be linked to a solution to Gender Inequality?

Answer 1

In my view, a solution to the problem of intimate partner violence would be liked to the issue of gender inequality in general. I would consider intimate partner violence as a fallout or manifestation of the gender inequality entrenched in our social structure. Traditional patriarchal beliefs hold that men possess the right to control their partner, and that women aren’t equal to men. Globally, men's perpetration of intimate partner violence against women often stems from conceptions of masculinity and patriarchy. Men react violently towards their partners when their masculinity is threatened by changing gender roles. Furthermore, research has found that men use violence to resolve a crisis of male identity oftentimes caused by poverty or at an inability to control women.