'Violence exists to show manhood': Nepali men's views on domestic violence - a qualitative study.

Global Health Action
Kunta Devi PunElisabeth Darj

Abstract

There is significant evidence of the prevalence and factors associated with domestic violence in high and low-income country settings. However, men's views on domestic violence are still understudied and have never been reported in Nepali society. The aim of the study was to explore Nepali men's perceptions regarding domestic violence in their communities. The authors undertook a qualitative study using focus group discussions. Sixty-six married men, considered they were responsible for upholding family discipline and physically demonstrating their masculinity, and they suggested that violence was a mean for achieving this. Men's frustration when unable to fulfil their family's expectations or material needs, and cultural attitudes that precluded interference in other families' lives, were perceived as factors contributing to domestic violence. The men held the opinion that women also perpetrated domestic violence. Some men were reluctant to accept domestic violence as a norm in Nepali families and were aware of recent changes in societal expectations regarding gender roles. Overall, the Nepali men who participated in the study held different and sometimes opposing views on domestic violence, ranging from violence justified as ...Continue Reading

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