%0 Journal Article %1 simister2016genderbased %A Simister, John %A Kowalewska, Grazyna %D 2016 %J Psychology %K 2016 EB69.1 EB_input2016 EVS EVS1981-2008 EVS_input2016 Eurobarometer FDZ_IUP ISSP ISSP_input2016 article checked english indexproved input2016 isspbib2017 noindex review_proved %N 7 %P 1624-1644 %R 10.4236/psych.2016.713155 %T Gender-Based Violence and Christianity: Catholic Prevention of Divorce Traps Women in an Abusive Marriage %U http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/psych.2016.713155 %X This paper reports evidence on Gender-Based Violence (GBV), violence against women by husband or male partner, based on household surveys from many countries. A woman’s risk of experiencing domestic violence varies, within a country and between countries, for many reasons. This paper focuses on religion: in particular, comparing Catholics with Protestants. It reports evidence that Catholic women have a higher risk of GBV than Protestant women. A possible explanation for this higher risk is investigated: the ban on divorce by the Catholic Church. Household surveys confirm that Catholics are less likely than Protestants to divorce. Divorce is a possible escape-route for a woman abused by her husband; preventing divorce keeps many women trapped in marriage to a violent husband.

@article{simister2016genderbased, abstract = {This paper reports evidence on Gender-Based Violence (GBV), violence against women by husband or male partner, based on household surveys from many countries. A woman’s risk of experiencing domestic violence varies, within a country and between countries, for many reasons. This paper focuses on religion: in particular, comparing Catholics with Protestants. It reports evidence that Catholic women have a higher risk of GBV than Protestant women. A possible explanation for this higher risk is investigated: the ban on divorce by the Catholic Church. Household surveys confirm that Catholics are less likely than Protestants to divorce. Divorce is a possible escape-route for a woman abused by her husband; preventing divorce keeps many women trapped in marriage to a violent husband.}, added-at = {2019-03-20T18:49:19.000+0100}, author = {Simister, John and Kowalewska, Grazyna}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/26d882ebc33146647a4d68d3bd6545bc8/gesis_dump}, data-doi = {doi:10.4232/1.11005, doi:10.4232/1.10128}, doi = {10.4236/psych.2016.713155}, gesis-study_no = {ZA4804 v2.0.0, ZA4743 v3.0.0}, interhash = {74877e159c8fd4278cdc9a75ea2da07f}, intrahash = {6d882ebc33146647a4d68d3bd6545bc8}, journal = {Psychology}, keywords = {2016 EB69.1 EB_input2016 EVS EVS1981-2008 EVS_input2016 Eurobarometer FDZ_IUP ISSP ISSP_input2016 article checked english indexproved input2016 isspbib2017 noindex review_proved}, note = {http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/psych.2016.713155. (Eurobarometer) (EVS) (ISSP)}, number = 7, pages = {1624-1644}, study = {EVS1981-2008, ISSP1988-2015 (ZACAT), EB69.1}, tagadata-svko-dda-test = {10395}, tagadata-svkoddatest2 = {10388}, timestamp = {2019-10-01T13:00:50.000+0200}, title = {Gender-Based Violence and Christianity: Catholic Prevention of Divorce Traps Women in an Abusive Marriage}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/psych.2016.713155}, year = 2016 }