Jesse R. Mann along with Professor Baffour K. Takyi, Professor of Sociology at the University of Akron were published in the July 2009 edition of the “Journal of Family Violence” for their article, “Autonomy, Dependence or Culture: Examining the Impact of Resources and Socio-cultural Processes on Attitudes Towards Intimate Partner Violence in Ghana, Africa”.
Abstract: Despite the high levels of domestic violence (intimate partner violence) against African women, tests of competing theories on why the practice is common in the region are quite limited. This study evaluates the effects of resources and cultural factors on attitudes Africans hold about the acceptability of gendered violence, and specifically wife beating (battering). Answers to these questions are relevant to the discourse on intimate partner violence, at least, as pertains to male-dominated societies such as those found in Africa. Drawing on national data from the Ghana Demographic and Health Survey, we explore these linkages in an African context. Our findings suggest that egalitarian decision-making and equal household contributions are associated with a reduced acceptance of abusive actions toward women. We suggest that new questions must be asked concerning the present and future role of men and women within households and the community.
Other Publications and Conference Presentations:
- Jesse R. Mann & Baffour K. Takyi: 2009. “Autonomy, Dependence or Culture: Examining the Impact of Resources and Socio-Cultural Processes on Attitudes towards Intimate Partner Violence in Ghana, Africa”. Journal of Family Violence 24:323-335.
- Dodoo, Francis N. A., Baffour K. Takyi and Jesse R. Mann: 2007. “The Brain Drain of Africans to America : Some Methodological Issues.†Pp. 87-93 in Rubin Patterson (ed.), The African Brain Circulation: Beyond the Drain-Gain Debate. Leiden , Netherlands : Brill Academic Press.
- Baffour K. Takyi & Jesse R. Mann: 2006. “Intimate Partner Violence in Ghana: The Perspectives of Men Regarding Wife Beating.” International Journal of Sociology of the Family 32: 61-78.
- Francis N. Dodoo, Baffour K. Takyi & Jesse R. Mann: 2006. “On the Brain Drain of Africans to America: Some Methodological Observations”. 5(3) PERSP. GLOBAL DEV. & TECH. 155.
- Jesse R. Mann, Baffour K. Takyi, Robert Peralta & Cheryl Elman: 2006. “A Multi-Country Analysis on Resources, Decision-Making and Intimate Partner Violence among Dyads”. Master’s Thesis.
- Jesse R. Mann, Graduate Student, The University of Akron, Address at the North Central Sociological Association: Understanding Men’s Attitudes Toward Domestic Violence in Ghana (Apr. 8, 2005).
