Bashir
03-06-2006, 18:34
Beating wives over insults “acceptable” in Jordan
(AFP)
31 May 2006
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AMMAN - Almost 50 per cent of Jordanians find it acceptable for a man to strike his wife is she insults him, according to a survey published on Wednesday.
“There is widespread acceptance of domestic violence by husbands towards wives,” said the 2005 Communication Partnership for Family Health (CPFH) Baseline Survey, published on the CPFH website.
“Respondents were asked whether a husband is justified in hitting or beating his wife in certain situations that might lead him to become angry,” it said.
“Nearly half of all respondents, regardless of age or marital status, report that it is acceptable for a husband to hit or beat his wife if she insults him,” the survey found.
Around 1,847 households were surveyed from July to September 2005 for the study which was funded by the US Agency for International Development (USAID) with the help of Jordan’s health ministry and John Hopkins University.
The survey revealed that 53.7 per cent of unmarried female youths aged between 15-24 agreed that a man is justified in beating his wife if she “insults him”, compared to 39.6 per cent of unmarried male youths.
Likewise more married women, 45.8 per cent, compared to 44.3 per cent of married men, accepted the notion that a man could beat his wife is she insulted him.
Some 76.2 per cent of unmarried female youths also found beatings acceptable if a woman is unfaithful to her husband, compared to 77 per cent of married women, 52.8 per cent of married men and 68.7 per cent of unmarried male youths.
Only 5.7 per cent of married women agreed beatings were acceptable for burning the food, compared to 2.8 per cent of unmarried men.
(AFP)
31 May 2006
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2006/May/middleeast_May708.xml§ion=middleeast&col=
AMMAN - Almost 50 per cent of Jordanians find it acceptable for a man to strike his wife is she insults him, according to a survey published on Wednesday.
“There is widespread acceptance of domestic violence by husbands towards wives,” said the 2005 Communication Partnership for Family Health (CPFH) Baseline Survey, published on the CPFH website.
“Respondents were asked whether a husband is justified in hitting or beating his wife in certain situations that might lead him to become angry,” it said.
“Nearly half of all respondents, regardless of age or marital status, report that it is acceptable for a husband to hit or beat his wife if she insults him,” the survey found.
Around 1,847 households were surveyed from July to September 2005 for the study which was funded by the US Agency for International Development (USAID) with the help of Jordan’s health ministry and John Hopkins University.
The survey revealed that 53.7 per cent of unmarried female youths aged between 15-24 agreed that a man is justified in beating his wife if she “insults him”, compared to 39.6 per cent of unmarried male youths.
Likewise more married women, 45.8 per cent, compared to 44.3 per cent of married men, accepted the notion that a man could beat his wife is she insulted him.
Some 76.2 per cent of unmarried female youths also found beatings acceptable if a woman is unfaithful to her husband, compared to 77 per cent of married women, 52.8 per cent of married men and 68.7 per cent of unmarried male youths.
Only 5.7 per cent of married women agreed beatings were acceptable for burning the food, compared to 2.8 per cent of unmarried men.