"1 in 4 Dominicans think it’s OK to beat their wife"?
So provocative! The article doesn't say that! Actually, it says the opposite, that 26% "don't approve" of such behavior.
Here's the article in English:
26% of the Dominican population “does not approve, but would understand” violence against women if they neglect household chores, reveals the report “Political culture of democracy in the Dominican Republic, 2023: taking the pulse of democracy”
“What is more worrying is that this percentage has grown significantly, 10 percentage points, since the last time the question was asked in 2014, with the result of 16%,” highlights the LAPOP Americas Barometer research.
In the gender and domestic violence chapter, the results showed that the percentage of people who 'would not approve, but would understand' that a man hits his wife in case of infidelity also increased, from 26% in 2014 to 33% in the Dominican population in 2023.”
“The justification of violence against women has increased in the country. This increase has been especially important in justifying violence when women omit domestic work,” she points out.
They think men are better political leaders than women
The Barometer concludes that these results show a society that is not very egalitarian, both in absolute terms and when compared with other countries in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Likewise, the report reveals a negative change in attitudes towards women in the political sphere, with 41% of people stating that men are better political leaders than women. The proportion of people agreeing with the idea that men are better political leaders than women had decreased since the first time that question was included in the survey, in 2008. But in 2023 it increased in the Dominican Republic, with the figure being the highest high in Latin America and the Caribbean, along with Honduras.
“The chapter reveals alarming findings that reflect a negative change in attitudes towards women in the political sphere, which consolidates the Dominican Republic as the country in the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) region with the highest percentage of people who consider superior men as political leaders,” he warns.
These are the challenges women face
Women in the Dominican Republic face many of the challenges that women experience in most LAC countries: violation of rights, social, labor and economic discrimination, fewer opportunities, unfair treatment justified on cultural aspects, poor care of their children. health, concentration of demand for care tasks, sexual abuse and exploitation and sexist violence, the research states.
