This research was aimed to explore the relationship between beliefs about masculinity and abusive man, incorporating a gender perspective as a tool for the analysis of such beliefs and taking into account the views of women and men with regard to those beliefs. It was conducted in the state of Yucatan, Mexico. With a sample of 117 (58.5%) women and 83 (41.5%) men, 173 (86.5%) living in urban areas and 27 (13.5%) in rural areas. Data collection was taken through two scales: the Scale of Beliefs about Masculinity (ECAM), (Gomez & Carrillo, 2007) and the Scale of Beliefs about Abusive Men (ECHOM), (Gomez , Carrillo & Revilla, 2008). The research is a quasiexperimental, ex post facto, two independent groups, and field study. The outcomes show that there are differences in beliefs about masculinity and about the abusive man among women and men participants, that beliefs about these two constructs are significantly related, finding -in women- the closest relationship to the use of violence as a result of speech and social norms that "imposes" the men and, by other hand, both women and men consider that violence is a normal men's behavior, but both of them reject it. At last, is important to remark that the construct of masculinity is based on the hegemonic conception of the term, therefore, it would be interesting to explore alternative models of masculinity.
Duarte, E., Gómez, J. F., & Carrillo, C. D. (2010). Masculinity and abusive man. Can men and women beliefs encourage gender violence?. Revista De Psicología, 19(2), Pág. 7–30. https://doi.org/10.5354/0719-0581.2010.17104
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