The recent movement away from singling out a particular logic as the true one towards a more pluralist stance (see, e.g., Beall and Restall, 2006) which is interested in what different logics have in common without any preference for a particular logic can be seen as a shift away from semantical justification towards structural characterization.
Acceptance of justification towards wife beating was significantly reduced in the VSLA + GDG group (β = -0.97; 95% CI: -1.67, -0.28, p = 0.006), while attitudes towards the ability of a woman to refuse sex did not significantly change.
But this position towards justification is not unchallenged [13].
We might say that so long as one respects the rights of others (a set as rich as one likes), one needs no special justification to act towards them as one likes.
The use of a multilevel modelling technique would account for the hierarchical structure of the data, adjusting for estimated coefficients and other cluster-level sources of unobserved heterogeneity (variance) that may be associated with attitudes or perceptions towards justification of wife-beating or of domestic violence.
When people are fighting against sagging pants and gold chains as a justification for violence towards men, but slut shaming women for wearing tight dresses and short skirts, we have a problem.
Moreover, despite the use of a comparison arm that received only the economic intervention (versus a pure control), reductions in IPV and changes in attitudes towards justification of IPV were observed.
The significant finding regarding improvement in attitudes towards justification of IPV is particularly important, as attitudinal changes may be proxies for norms, which may precede changes in IPV [ 19]; longer-term research is needed to determine this theory of change.
Past year physical IPV, sexual IPV, and economic abuse were also separately assessed, as were attitudes towards justification of wife beating and a woman's ability to refuse sex with her husband.
This paper examines the association between women's status (including women's education, women's occupation, inter-spousal communication, women's autonomy and attitude of women towards justification of being hit) and VAW among young married women using data from a recently conducted cross-sectional study among four major ethnic groups from rural Nepal.
With ill-will surging amid rumours that Rennard might start spilling high-minded beans if thwarted, the businesswoman Helena Morrisey – a rave write-up here – was asked by the party to review its processes and concluded there was "no justification for remaining ambivalent towards Lord Rennard" because no further action against him is envisaged.
