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Girls’ perceptions of boys with violent attitudes and behaviours, and of sexual attraction - Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
Violence against women is a reality that is still present in Europe and a serious public health threat worldwide. Fortunately, investment is being made to raise awarness at the national and EU levels and among diverse publics. However, more research is needed in order to better explain its...
www.nature.com
"... violence-free relationships are perceived as ‘convenient’ but not exciting."
"... They have a dominant personality, they despise girls with whom they have sexual-affective relationships, and they match the profile of potential offenders. However ... some female study participants, regardless of their different geographic and cultural context, still do not reject them as potential boys with whom they would establish some type of relationship, either stable or hook-up. ... This suggests that many female participants see the potential threat when considering establishing a stable relationship with boys with violent attitudes and behaviour, but they seem not to process hook-ups with violent males as threatening situations."
"The second trend observed was that female participants revealed higher preferences for the violent profiles when they were answering thinking about the preferences of ‘other girls’ they know, or ‘their friends’, rather than when thinking about their own preferences. ... Taking into account that peers tend to have similar preferences, it could be expected that actual preferences of female participants in this type of survey are better reflected when they do not answer for themselves."
"... They have a dominant personality, they despise girls with whom they have sexual-affective relationships, and they match the profile of potential offenders. However ... some female study participants, regardless of their different geographic and cultural context, still do not reject them as potential boys with whom they would establish some type of relationship, either stable or hook-up. ... This suggests that many female participants see the potential threat when considering establishing a stable relationship with boys with violent attitudes and behaviour, but they seem not to process hook-ups with violent males as threatening situations."
"The second trend observed was that female participants revealed higher preferences for the violent profiles when they were answering thinking about the preferences of ‘other girls’ they know, or ‘their friends’, rather than when thinking about their own preferences. ... Taking into account that peers tend to have similar preferences, it could be expected that actual preferences of female participants in this type of survey are better reflected when they do not answer for themselves."
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