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Social approval for violations of sexual consent in marriage and dating
L Margolin1, P B Moran, M Miller
1Department of Home Economics, University of Iowa, Iowa City.
Violence and Victims
|January 1, 1989
Abstract:
This study compares approval for minor violations of sexual consent in three contexts: marriage, long-term dating, and a first date. Quantitative and qualitative data from a vignette experiment show that as couples progress from a first date to marriage, men gain support to violate their partner's consent, and, to a lesser degree, women lose support to assert their rights. Evidence is presented that men are more approving of male dominance and female passivity in dating and marriage than are women.