Yandisa Sikweyiya|Adolphina Addo-Lartey|Deda Ogum Alangea|Phyllis Dako?Gyeke|Esnat Chirwa|Dorcas Coker-Appiah|Richard Adanu|Rachel Jewkes
Patriarchy and gender-inequitable attitudes as drivers of intimate partner violence against women in the central region of Ghana
South African Medical Research Council|University of Ghana|University of Ghana|University of Ghana|South African Medical Research Council|University of Ghana|University of the Witwatersrand
order reduce womens exposure violence develop culturally appropriate interventions important gain understanding men use violence rationalize present study sought explore perspectives men used violence female partners specifically views intimate partner violence ipv gender norms manhood gender attitudes understand may drive male perpetrated ipv women central region ghanathis qualitative study involving purposively sampled adult men participated householdbased survey selected districts central region ghana selfreported perpetration ipv past 12 months indepth interviews conducted 17 mendata revealed range social cultural religious factors stemming patriarchy combined inform construction traditional masculinity factors included notion decisionmaking home mans prerogative rigid distinct gender roles mens perceptions owning female partners right sex whenever desire notion wife beating legitimate discipline findings suggest performing aspiring achieve form masculinity men used varying forms violence female partners moreover data show mens use violence tactic controlling women emphasizing authority power themdevelopers interventions prevent ipv need recognize coherent configuration aspirations social norms behaviours drawn men justify use ipv understanding perspectives men perpetrated ipv women motivations perpetration essential interventions prevent ipv discussed drawing authority tradition engaging traditional religious leaders well men women throughout community activities challenge likely particularly fruitful