Gender ideology has widely been discussed in the explanation of wife abuse. However, how men's gender ideology influences wife abuse is quite overlooked in Bangladeshi context. This study examined how various types of gender ideology among men are associated with wife abuse in Bangladesh. It included 342 married men randomly selected from 5 villages. Negative binomial regression was employed to predict the incidence-rate ratio of wife abuse. Of the sample, 55.0% maintained traditional, 31.3% transitional, and 13.7% liberal gender ideologies. On average, the men perpetrated 6.10 abusive acts in a year. Data showed that the rates of overall wife abuse among liberal men were 41% and 48% lower than the traditional and transitional men, respectively. Liberal men also perpetrated less emotional, physical, and sexual abuses than both traditional and transitional men. The study shows that the promotion of liberal gender ideology among men is important for preventing wife abuse. Men should be targeted by diverse violence prevention interventions for enhancing gender equality attitudes. Though the study has provided novel findings in a Bangladeshi context, it was entirely based on male data. Future studies should examine both men's and women's views on the issues.

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自由派男人不是虐待他们的妻子吗？来自孟加拉国农村的证据

在解释虐待妻子的过程中，性别意识形态已被广泛讨论。然而，在孟加拉语境中，男性的性别意识形态如何影响妻子的虐待却被忽视了。这项研究调查了男性的各种性别意识形态如何与孟加拉国的妻子虐待有关。它包括从 5 个村庄随机抽取的 342 名已婚男性。使用负二项式回归来预测虐待妻子的发生率。在样本中，55.0% 保持传统、31.3% 过渡和 13.7% 自由性别意识形态。平均而言，这些人在一年内实施了 6.10 次虐待行为。数据显示，自由主义男性的整体妻子虐待率分别比传统男性和过渡男性低 41% 和 48%。自由派男性在情感、身体、和性虐待比传统和过渡男性。研究表明，在男性中推广自由的性别意识形态对于防止虐待妻子很重要。男性应成为各种暴力预防干预措施的目标，以增强性别平等态度。尽管该研究在孟加拉国的背景下提供了新的发现，但它完全基于男性数据。未来的研究应该检查男性和女性对这些问题的看法。