| dc.description.abstract | The study took place in Mengo and Kisenyi parish under the aim of identifying the influence of sex role
stereotypes in families and the general society of Mengo and Kisenyi with an overview of its
contribution to domestic violence. The study highlighted the socio-economic factors contributing
to domestic violence, sociological perspectives of the varying interpretations of such stereotypes
and domestic violence and its effects associated in families of Kisenyi Area.
The researcher used a case research design which is the type of research study where r a subset
of the population was selected as a representative of the population. The study population
comprised of men and women in Mengo and Kisenyi Parishes, the Local government officials
especially the local leaders such as L.C1 chairpersons and their secretaries of the selected 15
villages in the two parishes, as well as the parish chiefs of the two parishes. That is such as
parish leaders.
Findings indicated that a number of sex role stereotypes include; women are not strong as men,
women are supposed to make less money than men, women are supposed to be submissive and
do as they are told, women are supposed to cook and do house work, women are never in
chaired, women are meant to be damsel in distress; never the hero and the causes of domestic
violence in Mengo Kisneyi include alcohol and drug abuse, partner domination, traditional
beliefs, low self esteem and extreem jelousy and inability to control hunger
The stereotyping that accelerate domestic violnce among families included sense of entitalments,
A belief they should have power and control over their partner, Belief that they can get away
with it, earned experience that being abusive gets them what they want, Belief that their lives
should take priority
In conclusion the research was successfully carried out although the researcher met a few
challenges such as budgetary constraints, unfavorable weather among others which were
overcomed. It was clear that sex role stereotypes plays important role in accelerating domestic
violence, it becomes that the usual interventions are not enough to reduce stereotpes and
domestic violence thus need for engaging communities beyond the victims involved in programs
is much better strategy to avoid occurrence of such indices in Mengo Kishenyi.
The research findings also sets forwards the recommendations towards addressing domestic
violence which include Coordination and collaboration across sectors and across all levels of
government and non-government should be a fundamental principle underpinning any approach
to the prevention of, and intervention with, domestic violence | en_US |
