Present scenarios about behavior appropriate to men and women and ask participants how would this person (Jess or Mike) impact the honour of other men and women or (partner, sibling, parent, friend, neighbour, community, strangers)?
2) Maintenance and Protection of Honor
Even though it seems like “honour” in the contemporary Western society is an
outdated concept, in some societies honour is still a salient socially organizing
theme (e.g., known as honour cultures: Middle Eastern, Mediterranean, Latin
American countries and southern US). Honour codes define moral and respectable
behaviour in highly gender-specific ways, and psychologists have paid well
attention to the link between honour codes and the legitimization of domestic
violence and male aggression (e.g., Cohen, et al, 1996; Dietrich & Schuette,
2013; Vandello & Cohen, 2003, 2004: Vandello, et al., 2009). Specifically,
Vandello and colleagues (2003) found support for the hypothesis that men who
strongly abide by the honour codes resort to violence as a means to repair their
damaged masculine honour. Yet we know much less about the non-violent
manifestations and affirmations of honour in the everyday context and how
honour codes may be related to subtle sexism. For instance, how does honour
play a role in making men and women confirm to the society’s understanding of
masculinity and femininity, and how does this reflect in their choices and
behaviours? Do successful women who are in prestigious positions in society
(e.g., leaders or managers) pose a threat to men’s honour, and likewise do men
in domestic roles (e.g., childcarers and house husbands) pose a threat to
women’s honour? When men and women feel that their honour is threatened, are
they more likely to prefer romantic partners who are in more traditional roles
(men in breadwinning roles, women in caretaking roles)? In this research project,
we will investigate these questions using comparative designs that include
members of honour (e.g., Pakistani, Indian) vs. non-honour cultures (e.g., white
British).
Selected relevant papers:
Bosson, J. K., Vandello, J. A., Burnaford, R., & Weaver, J., & Wasti, A. (2009).
The links between precarious manhood and physical aggression. Personality
and Social Psychology Bulletin, 35, 623-634.
Cross, S., Uskul, A. K., Gercek-Swing, B., Sunbay, Z., Ataca, B., & Karakitapoglu
Z. (2014). Cultural prototypes and dimensions of honor. Personality and
Social Psychology Bulletin, 40, 232-249.
Dietrich, D. M., & Schuett, J. M. (2013). Culture of honor and attitudes toward
intimate partner violence in Latinos. Sage open, 3(2), 2158244013489685.
Uskul, A. K., Cross, S.,Gercek-Swing, B., Sunbay, Z., & Ataca, B. (2012). Honor
bound: The cultural construction of honor in Turkey and the Northern
US. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 43, 1131-1151.
Vandello, J. A., Cohen, D., Grandon, R., & Franiuk, R. (2009). Stand by your
man: Indirect prescriptions for honorable violence and feminine loyalty in
Canada, Chile, and the United States. Journal of Cross-Cultural
Psychology, 40, 81-104.
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