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'Your Friends do Matter': Peer Group Talk in Adolescence Gender and Violence
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Research on gender violence has identified as one main component leading to gender violence a dominant socialization process which associates attractiveness to men who show violent behaviors and attitudes, while egalitarian and non-violent men are emptied of attractiveness. This is known as coercive dominant discourse. Starting from the evidence that the peer group is a main context of socialization in adolescence, quantitative data were collected from six classes of secondary education (14-15-year-old adolescents) to explore whether the coercive dominant discourse is displayed in social interactions in the peer group and, if so, how it influences attractiveness patterns and sexual-affective behavior in adolescence. The analyses reveal that the coercive dominant discourse is often reproduced in the peer group interactions, creating group pressure, and pushing some girls to violent relationships. Alternative ways of interaction are also reported, which allow a socialization leading to more freedom, less coercion, and more healthy relationships.
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RACIONERO, Sandra, et al. 'Your Friends do Matter': Peer Group Talk in Adolescence Gender and Violence. Children. 2021. Vol. 8, num. 2. ISSN 2227-9067. [consulted: 13 of June of 2026]. Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/175273