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Gender Equitable Men Scale (GEM)

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  • IPV perpetration

Overview

Type: Views on gender roles in general

Citation: Fulu, E.F. et al., Prevalence of and factors associated with male perpetration of intimate partner violence: findings from the UN Multi-country Cross-sectional Study on Men and Violence in Asia and the Pacific. Lancet Global Health, 2013; 1:e187-207.

Use of Scale: Measure

Level of Generality: General

# of Items Reported: 10

Availability: Full

Theme: Gender/social norms, Violence

Demographics

Region: Southeast Asia

Country: Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Papua New Guinea

Gender: Female

Urban / Rural: nr

Ethnicity: NR

Age Group: Adults only (18+)

Age Range: 18 to 49

Scale Information

# of Subscales: NR

Subscale Name(s): NR

Direction and Meaning:

Response Range: Low equity vs. high/moderate equitable attitudes

Internal Consistency: Cronbach's alpha: 0.72

Internal Consistency by Subgroup: NR

Test-retest Reliability: NR

Sample Items: "If a woman doesn't physically fight back, its not rape"

Items

  • A woman’s most important role is to take care of her home and cook for her family
  • There are times when a woman deserves to be beaten
  • It is a woman’s responsibility to avoid getting pregnant
  • A woman should tolerate violence in order to keep her family together
  • To be a man, you need to be tough
  • A woman should obey her husband
  • A man should have the final say in all family matters
  • A woman cannot refuse to have sex with her husband
  • When a woman is raped, she is usually to blame for putting herself in that situation
  • If a woman doesn’t physically fight back, it’s not rape

Measured Outcome(s): IPV perpetration

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