"My Sassy Girl": A Qualitative Study of Women's Aggression in Dating Relationships in Beijing

Autor/inn/en	Wang, Xiying; Petula, Sik Ying Ho
Titel	"My Sassy Girl": A Qualitative Study of Women's Aggression in Dating Relationships in Beijing
Quelle	In: Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 22 (2007) 5, S.623-638 (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0886-2605
DOI	10.1177/0886260506298834
Schlagwörter	Aggression; Urban Areas; Films; Interviews; Males; Gender Differences; Interpersonal Relationship; Cultural Influences; Foreign Countries; Young Adults; Focus Groups; Dating (Social); Females; China; China (Beijing) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Urban area; Stadtregion; Film; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Male; Männliches Geschlecht; Geschlechterkonflikt; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Ausland; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Weibliches Geschlecht
Abstract	The Korean film "My Sassy Girl" was very popular among young people in urban China in 2001. After the release of the movie, the new image of the "sassy girl" emerged in different media. This study uses the media image of the sassy girl as a stimulus material in interviews and focus groups to explore how young men and women make sense of women's aggression in dating relationships. This qualitative study is mainly based on two focus groups and in-depth interviews with 20 informants (13 female and 7 male). The study sheds light on how the competing and multilayered discourses in contemporary China regarding gender, love, and sex have left some space for young adults to justify women's aggression in dating relationships. We see how young adults in Beijing situate themselves within this set of social cultural discourses and make use of them to "do" their gender through their aggressive behavior and interactions with each other. New images of men and women are thereby created. (Contains 6 notes.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10