Teen Dating Violence: Girls are much more likely to be the sole perpetrator than boys

Submitted by fondueguy on Tue, 2011-02-22 08:04

Journal from the National Institute of Justice here along with charts showing the rates of perpetration of teen dating violence by gender here. Excerpt:

'These findings are generally consistent with another study that looked at more than 1,200 Long Island, N.Y., high school students who were currently dating. In that 2007 survey, 66 percent of boys and 65 percent of girls who were involved in physically aggressive relationships reported mutual aggression. [7] Twenty-eight percent of the girls said that they were the sole perpetrator; 5 percent said they were the sole victim. These numbers were reversed for the boys: 5 percent said they were the sole perpetrator; 27 percent the sole victim. In a third study, teen couples were videotaped while performing a problem-solving task.

Researchers later reviewed the tapes and identified acts of physical aggression that occurred between the boys and girls during the exercise. They found that 30 percent of all the participating couples demonstrated physical aggression by both partners. In 17 percent of the participating couples, only the girls perpetrated physical aggression, and in 4 percent, only the boys were perpetrators. [8] The findings suggest that boys are less likely to be physically aggressive with a girl when someone else can observe their behavior.
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The study of seventh, ninth and 11th graders in Toledo, for example, found that a majority of the boys and girls who were interviewed said they had a relatively "equal say" in their romantic relationships. In cases in which there was a power imbalance, they were more likely to say that the female had more power in the relationship. Overall, the study found that the boys perceived that they had less power in the relationship than the girls did. Interestingly, males involved in relationships in which one or both partners reported physical aggression had a perception of less power than males in relationships without physical aggression. Meanwhile, the girls reported no perceived difference in power regardless of whether their relationships included physical aggression. [18]'

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"In 17 percent of the participating couples, only the girls perpetrated physical aggression, and in 4 percent, only the boys were perpetrators. The findings suggest that boys are less likely to be physically aggressive with a girl when someone else can observe their behavior."

Why would anyone conclude that? You could just as easily conclude they are less physically aggressive than girls.

Perhaps I'm missing something.

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Submitted by el cid on Wed, 2011-02-23 15:00

I didn't read it all but a lot of the speculative crap looked feminist.

I posted this because of the facts and it was interesting that the relationship was more violent when the girl was perceived to have more power (more of the violence being done by girls too).

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Submitted by fondueguy on Wed, 2011-02-23 23:03