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Shared Identity, Selective Sympathy: Evidence From A Survey Experiment On Attitudes Toward Domestic Violence.

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Shared Identity, Selective Sympathy: Evidence From a Survey Experiment on Attitudes Toward Domestic Violence.

Tasnia Symoom¹

¹Department of Political Science, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA.

Violence Against Women

|December 8, 2025

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Summary

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Ingroup favoritism impacts justice perceptions in violence against women cases. Selective solidarity theory shows respondents punish religious outgroup perpetrators more, revealing bias in justice systems.

Keywords:

Bangladesh domestic violence ingroup bias perpetrator punishment

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Area of Science:

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Criminology
Sociology

Background:

Limited research explores how identity combinations (respondent, victim, perpetrator) influence justice perceptions in violence against women (VAW) cases.
Ingroup favoritism towards perpetrators of VAW is documented, but the nuanced effects of intersecting identities remain understudied.

Purpose of the Study:

To introduce and evaluate selective solidarity theory in understanding how identity combinations affect retributive attitudes.
To examine the influence of shared and unshared religious and national identities on justice perceptions in domestic violence cases.

Main Methods:

A survey experiment was conducted in Bangladesh with 698 participants.
Two domestic violence vignettes were used to assess participants' responses to perpetrator and victim identity combinations relative to their own.

religious identity

Main Results:

Support for punishment decreased when both perpetrator and victim shared the respondent's religious identity.
Respondents showed greater condemnation and support for punishment of perpetrators from a religious outgroup.
Findings highlight the role of religious identity in shaping bias in justice perceptions.

Conclusions:

Selective solidarity theory provides a framework for understanding group-based bias in justice.
Culturally grounded interventions are needed to address how group affiliations influence perceptions of justice in domestic violence cases.
Future research should explore diverse identity intersections and their impact on legal attitudes.