People are more likely to believe myths that minimize or dismiss male victims of intimate partner violence when they also endorse sexist beliefs about men

SarcasticallyCandour · 2025-07-07T02:03:14+00:00

Has this been posted on r/ psychology yet?

Id expect its all patriarchy and toxic masculinity.

Vegetable_Ad1732 · 2025-07-07T01:13:26+00:00

Not exactly shocking.

HeForeverBleeds · 2025-07-07T06:43:19+00:00

Endorsement of these myths did not significantly differ between men and women in this sample, which the authors note is somewhat surprising.

Previous research has shown that men tend to score higher than women on scales measuring sexism and victim-blaming attitudes, but in this case, both genders endorsed myths at similar levels.

I'm not surprised at all by this. As much as people like to claim that men are the ones fueling sexism, that a society ruled by women would be fair and just, etc. I've seen just as many women marginalizing female-on-male abuse as men.

Unfortunately, the issue is society as a whole. Neither men nor women tend to have much compassion for male victims. Too often people either assume he "did something to deserve it" or assume that because he's a man he should be able to just "take it."

CrossboneSkulled · 2025-07-07T03:37:09+00:00

Ye matey know that 7 in 10 homeless people be guys?

MaleEducation1 · 2025-07-07T01:33:20+00:00

That should be most humans.

ashvy · 2025-07-07T06:52:57+00:00

Come on man, not this poppsych trash from shitty psychology website of grifters

Title	People are more likely to believe myths that minimize or dismiss male victims of intimate partner violence when they also endorse sexist beliefs about men
Author	kugelamarant
Upvotes	288
Comments	12
Date	July 7, 2025 1:00 AM UTC (1 year ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
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