Can A Woman's Rising Social Status Bring Down Rates Of Domestic Violence?

[Captain Obvious]

So domestic violence to a degree class driven?

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2018/11/12/664511910/can-a-womans-rising-social-status-bring-down-rates-of-domestic-violence

Around the world, one in three women experiences domestic violence. How can it be reduced? New research is bringing unexpected insights into this problem — and its potential solutions.

A study accepted for publication this month by the Review of Economics and Statistics found that, in Bangladesh, improving the economic status of women can decrease domestic violence if the women also took part in an educational program that helped elevate their social standing in the community.

Women who received both economic assistance and education for two years reported a 26 percent decrease in domestic violence — even several months after the program stopped.

But here's the surprising part: Violence against women was never mentioned in the training.

In fact, the project, run by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), started out as a study on nutrition. Did women who were given food (or cash to buy food) improve their household's health when they were also educated on healthy diets?

[Chloe]

Interesting. It's certainly plausible.

[nathanbforrest45]

We don't beat up our social equals. If woman's status rises they are seen as more equal in the eyes of the domestic partner.

That's my opinion anyway.