SynthesisAlcohol and alcoholism (Oxford, Oxfordshire)
What can alcohol researchers learn from research about the relationship between macro-level gender equality and violence against women?
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11 citing papers in PubMed.
- Associations Between Gender and Sexuality Characteristics of Cisgender Bisexual Women and Risk of Sexual Assault.International journal of sexual health : official journal of the World Association for Sexual Health · 2025Article
- Can alcohol policy prevent harms to women and children from men's alcohol consumption? An overview of existing literature and suggested ways forward.The International journal on drug policy · 2023Review
- Stories of Backlash in Interviews With Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence Against Women in Sweden.Violence against women · 2023Article
- Cumulative exposure to state-level structural sexism and risk of disordered eating: Results from a 20-year prospective cohort study.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2022Article
- Structural sexism and Women's alcohol use in the United States, 1988-2016.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2022Article
- A gender-focused multilevel analysis of how country, regional and individual level factors relate to harm from others' drinking.Drugs (Abingdon, England) · 2022Article
- Does country-level gender equality explain individual risk of intimate partner violence against women? A multilevel analysis of individual heterogeneity and discriminatory accuracy (MAIHDA) in the European Union.European journal of public health · 2020Article
- Gender Equality, Drinking Cultures and Second-Hand Harms from Alcohol in the 50 US States.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
- Prevalence of intimate partner violence against women in Sweden and Spain: A psychometric study of the 'Nordic paradox'.PloS one · 2019Article
- Macro-level gender equality and alcohol consumption: a multi-level analysis across U.S. States.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2012Article
- Gender differences in public and private drinking contexts: a multi-level GENACIS analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2010Article
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Abstract
aimsThis systematic review focuses on research about macro-level gender equality and violence against women (VAW) and identifies conceptually and theoretically driven hypotheses as well as lessons relevant for alcohol research. Hypotheses include: amelioration--increased equality decreases VAW; backlash--increased equality increases VAW; and convergence--increased equality reduces the gender gap; and hypotheses that distinguish between relative and absolute status, with relative status comparing men's and women's status and absolute status measuring women's status without regard to men.
methodsSystematic review of studies published through June 2009 identified through PubMed and Web of Science, as well as citing and cited articles.
resultsA total of 30 studies are included. Of 85 findings examining amelioration/backlash, 25% support amelioration, 22% backlash; and 53% are null. Of 13 findings examining convergence, 31% support and 23% are inconsistent with convergence; 46% are null.
conclusionNeither the existence nor the direction of the equality and VAW relationship can be assumed. This suggests that the relationship between macro-level gender equality and alcohol should also not be assumed, but rather investigated through research.
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