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Appendix 2 Findings of the 2013 NCAS on attitudes towards violence against women Findings of the 2013 NCAS on attitudes towards violence against women 1995 2009 2013 Circumstances in which violence towards a current/former partner can be justified (% agree) Partner admits to sex with another man Partner makes him look stupid or insults him in front of his friends Partner ends or tries to end relationship Against ex-partner to get access to children If ex-partner is unreasonable about property settlement and financial issues Attitudes excusing violence (% agree) Rape results from men not able to control their need for sex A man is less responsible for rape if drunk/affect by drugs at the time Domestic violence can be excused if people get so angry they lost control Domestic violence can be excused if the violent person regrets it Domestic violence can be excused if the violent person was abused as a child Domestic violence can be excused if the violent person is under a lot of stress Domestic violence can be excused if the offender is heavily affected by alcohol 6 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 5 3 3 4 2 35 8 20 25 n/a n/a 8 6 5** 4 4 4** 43** 9 22 21** 12 12 9 52 1995 2009 2013 Attitudes trivialising violence (% agree) Where one partner is violent it's reasonable for them to be made to leave the family home It's hard to understand why women stay Most women could leave a violence relationship if they really wanted to Women who are sexually harassed should sort it out themselves Domestic violence is a private matter to be handled in the family It's a women's duty to stay in a violent relationship to keep the family together n/a 77 n/a 20 18 n/a Attitudes minimising violence 90 82 54 13 14 8 89 78** 51 12# 17** 9 Violence against women is a serious issue n/a 96 95 Certain behaviours are serious (% agree) Slaps/pushes to cause harm/fear Forces partner to have sex Tries to scare/control by threatening to hurt others Throws/smashes objects to frighten/threaten Repeated criticises to make partner feel
 bad/useless Controls social life by preventing partner seeing family and friends Tries to control by denying partner money Yells abuse at partner Stalking by repeatedly following/watching at home or work Harassment by repeated phone calls Harassment by repeated emails, text messages 93 95 n/a 87 72 84 77 70 n/a n/a n/a 92 96 97 94 84 85 75 79 96 92 86 Seriousness/acceptability of tracking a female partner by electronic means without their consent (% agree) Serious Never acceptable n/a n/a n/a n/a 92 96 97 93# 85# 87# 74# n/a 94 90 86 85 61 Attitudes towards false allegations of partner violence and rape (% agree) Women going through custody battles often make up or exaggerate claims of domestic violence in order to improve their case n/a 51 53 Women rarely make false claims of rape A lot of times women who say they were raped led the man on and later had regrets If a woman doesn't physically resist – even if protesting verbally – then it isn't really rape 59 n/a n/a 60 n/a n/a 53 59 38 10 1995 2009 2013 Attitudes shifting blame from perpetrator to victim (% agree) If a woman is raped while drunk/ affect by drugs she is at least partly responsible Women often say 'no' when they mean 'yes' If a woman goes to a room alone with a man at a party, it is her fault if she is raped n/a 18 n/a Domestic violence can be excused if the victim is heavily affected by alcohol n/a Table: 2013 NCAS findings on attitudes towards violence against women.1 18 14 n/a 9 19 16 12 11 1 Source: VicHealth, Australians' attitudes to violence against women: 2013 National Community Attitudes Towards Violence against Women Survey – Research Summary, September 2014, pp 4-5, available at: https://www.vichealth.vic.gov.au/media-and- resources/publications/2013-national-community-attitudes-towards-violence-against-women- survey.
(** indicates that the difference between 2009 and 2013 is statistically significant, # indicates that the difference between 1995 and 2013 is statistically significant).