Factors that precipitate and maintain inter-personal violence inflicted by binge drinkers
Abstract
The article discusses a study that was initiated as a follow-up to a wider
study, the Prospective Urban and Rural Epidemiological (PURE) study of
2005, and also reports on factors that precipitate and maintain interpersonal
violence inflicted by binge drinkers. Using focus group discussions and
in-depth interviews, a total 60 participants was purposefully selected. The
results established as precipitating and maintenance factors of the alcoholviolence
link: A culture of drinking based on societal norms that condone
binge drinking for men; A culture of violence based on social norms and
attitudes that condone violence against women; A culture of expectations and
a form of entitlement based on patriarchal notions of masculinity related to
male control over women and male sexual entitlement. Most women are
defiant about these expectations, resulting in gender role transgressions,
binge drinking and more violence perpetrated against them. A holistic type of
intervention is suggested based on the ecological model.
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