NCJ Number
85258
Journal
Victimology Volume: 5 Issue: 2-4 Dated: (1980) Pages: 110-114
Date Published
1982
Length
5 pages
Annotation
Taking as a frame of reference the concept of systems particularly applicable in interpersonal relationships that have story and stability, the author explains with various examples, how in dyadic systems sexual aggression and homicides can occur as functions of misunderstandings.
Abstract
This may happen when people see themselves differently from how others see them and also differently from how they want to appear to them. The misunderstanding could occur for purely cultural reasons. Otherwise, it might result from two persons' different models of behavior, such as acting out sex role stereotypes. When misunderstanding is high and the subjects have emotional or personal difficulty in abandoning the field, the conduct intended to make the other person accept one's own perspective, when unsuccessful, can incite aggressive behavior, often with dramatic results. Five references are included. (Author abstract modified)