Association of Gender Role Attitudes and Proximal Determinants of Sexual Violence in a College Sample of Men in Viet Nam Public

Abstract

Background:

Men’s perpetration of sexual violence poses a serious threat to women’s health and well-being globally. Across several studies, one of three men had perpetrated sexual violence. Adherence to traditional gender roles is an empirically identified risk factor for men’s sexual violence perpetration. In Viet Nam, college-aged men subscribe to hierarchical gender roles in the context of dating and sexual relationships that may influence their sexual attitudes and knowledge. This analysis investigates the relationship between men’s underlying gender role attitudes and four proximal determinants of sexual violence: rape myth attitudes, sexual communication attitudes, sexual consent knowledge, and sexual coercion knowledge in a sample of 776 college-aged men in Ha Noi, Viet Nam.

Methods:

Multilinear regression was used to investigate the association between underlying gender role attitudes and four proximal determinants of sexual violence. Models were adjusted for sociodemographic characteristics, relationship status, and prior or attempted perpetration of sexual violence in the last six months. Variables used in analysis were factor scores from validated summative scales.

Results:

Vietnamese men’s gender role attitudes were associated with rape myth attitudes, sexual communication attitudes, and sexual consent knowledge in unadjusted and adjusted models. There was no association between gender role attitudes and sexual coercion knowledge.

Implications:

Vietnamese men’s equitable gender role attitudes are associated with less subscription to rape myths, more equitable sexual communication attitudes, and greater knowledge of sexual consent. This provides a better understanding of the relationship between distal and proximal determinants of sexual violence in Viet Nam and adds to the evidence of pathways to men’s sexual violence perpetration. 

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction.....................................................................................1

Chapter 2: Literature Review..............................................................................8

Chapter 3: Manuscript.......................................................................................20

Chapter 4: Conclusions and Recommendations....................................................47

Thesis References..............................................................................................50

Appendix..........................................................................................................59

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School	Rollins School of Public Health
Department	Hubert Department of Global Health
Degree	M.P.H.
Submission	Master's Thesis
Language	English
Research Field	Health Sciences, Public Health
Mot-clé	Sexual Coercion Sexual Violence Rape Myths Viet Nam Gender Roles Sexual Consent
Committee Chair / Thesis Advisor	Kathryn M. Yount, Emory University
Committee Members	Irina Bergenfeld, Emory University Tran Hung Minh, Center for Creative Initiatives in Health and Population, Viet Nam Zara Khan, Emory University Jessica M. Sales, Emory University

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