Attitudes towards ‘honor’ violence and killings in collectivist cultures

Research has established that men and women perceive physical aggression differently. Overall trends show that males, in comparison to females, are more likely to condone and justify the use of interpersonal violence against women. Males are also more likely to blame the victim, to attribute less responsibility to the assailant, to consider violent behaviors as less serious, and to recommend more lenient punishments for perpetrators (Eigenberg & Policastro, 2016; Flood & Pease, 2009).