title: Non-Traditional Wives With Traditional Husbands: Gender Ideology and Husband-to-Wife Physical Violence in Chinese Society.
abstract: Feminist scholars have argued that husband gender traditionalism is one of the root causes of spousal violence against women. Using couple-level data from Hong Kong ( N = 871 couples), this article argues that a second mechanism-couple gender value mismatch-also explains husband-to-wife physical assault. Our findings show that a husband's gender traditionalism is positively associated with husband-to-wife physical assault only when the husband is coupled with a wife who has non-traditional gender attitudes. Similarly, egalitarian gender attitudes in wives are positively associated with husband-to-wife physical assault only when a non-traditional wife is coupled with a traditional husband.
authors.affiliation: 1 The Hong Kong Institute of Education, Tai Po, Hong Kong.
authors.forename: Adam Ka-Lok
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Cheung
authors.affiliation: 2 The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong.
authors.forename: Susanne Yuk-Ping
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Choi
keywords: Chinese society; domestic violence; gender attitudes; value mismatch