The Vietnamese government has made efforts to promote gender equality and to discourage intimate partner violence (IPV), yet IPV remains a common experience for married women in Vietnam. IPV leads to severe injury, poor mental health, chronic disease, and substance abuse among women, yet little is known about why men perpetrate IPV. We explored how men defined IPV and perceived women’s recourse-seeking following IPV in Vietnam. Using data from 10 in-depth interviews and two focus group discussions with Vietnamese men, taken from a parent study on attitudes about IPV in Vietnam, we found that men often viewed IPV against women as normal and justified violence occurring when a husband was “hot-tempered,” drunk, or when the wife was seen as at fault. Men interviewed were often reluctant to endorse recourse-seeking on the part of the woman unless the violence was both frequent and severe. While frequent and severe IPV was seen as warranting recourse-seeking, infrequent or less severe IPV was normalized and seen as a private family issue. For less severe IPV, men felt that women could potentially engage in recourse such as running or hiding from a husband to avoid instances of IPV. Only when IPV was happening multiple times per week and was severe enough to warrant medical treatment was recourse such as approaching family or neighbors for help, notifying authorities, and petitioning for divorce seen as appropriate. Interventions with men are needed to support recourse-seeking for women and to reduce IPV in Vietnam.

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越南男性对亲密伴侣暴力的定义和对女性寻求追索权的看法


越南政府努力促进性别平等和阻止亲密伴侣暴力 （IPV），但 IPV 仍然是越南已婚女性的常见经历。IPV 导致女性严重受伤、心理健康状况不佳、慢性病和药物滥用，但人们对男性实施 IPV 的原因知之甚少。我们探讨了男性如何定义 IPV 以及感知女性在越南 IPV 后寻求追索权。使用来自对越南男性的 10 次深度访谈和两次焦点小组讨论的数据，这些数据来自一项关于越南 IPV 态度的家长研究，我们发现男性经常将针对女性的 IPV 视为正常和合理的暴力，当丈夫“脾气暴躁”、醉酒或妻子被视为有过错时发生。受访男性通常不愿意支持女性寻求追索权，除非暴力既频繁又严重。虽然频繁和严重的 IPV 被视为需要寻求追索权，但不频繁或不太严重的 IPV 被正常化并被视为私人家庭问题。对于不太严重的 IPV，男性认为女性可能会进行追索，例如逃跑或躲避丈夫，以避免 IPV 的情况。只有当 IPV 每周发生多次并且严重到需要医疗时，才会采取适当的方法，例如向家人或邻居寻求帮助、通知当局和申请离婚。需要对男性进行干预，以支持女性寻求追索权并减少越南的 IPV。