An examination of attitudes toward gender and sexual violence among Asian Indians in the United States.

Although issues of gender and violence among immigrant communities have gained some recognition, little is known about the role of cultural factors in attitudes toward gender and sexual violence among Asian Indians in the United States. This study investigated the relationship between ethnic identity and gender-related attitudes, attitudes toward sexual violence among Asian Indians, and whether gender and nativity (U.S.-born and foreign-born) predict attitudes toward gender and sexual violence. Participants were 175 Asian Indians living in the United States (127 women and 48 men; 128 born outside the United States and 47 born in the U.S). Measures of ethnic identity, gender role attitudes, sex role egalitarianism, and rape myth acceptance were administered online. Results indicated that stronger ethnic identity is associated with more traditional gender role attitudes and less sex role egalitarianism. Foreign-born Asian Indians and men reported more traditional gender role attitudes and less sex role egalitarianism when compared with U.S.-born participants and women, respectively. Contrary to expectations, ethnic identity, gender, and nativity did not predict rape myth acceptance. The findings call attention to the intertwined nature of ethnicity and gender, and to differences in ethnic identity and gender role socialization within Asian Indian subgroups. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2017 APA, all rights reserved)

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