Culture of Violence Scale

The Culture of Violence Scale is a tool for estimating the acceptance of violence within societies. 

According to our research - and based on the theories of Johan Galtung - wars in the 21st century are only started by countries / societies where violence is accepted in other societal areas as well: In the upbringing of children (corporal punishment), in the treatment of women (domestic violence), the acceptance of capital punishment (the death penalty),  to name a few factors.

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What is peace mainstreaming?

 Peace researcher Franz Jedlicka sometimes uses the term "Peace Mainstreaming" to explain which aspects must be taken into account to build or foster sustainable peace . or: to build a "culture of peace":

• a legal ban of child corporal punishment
• outlawing judicial corporal punishment
• outlawing the death penalty (capital punishment)
• a legal ban of domestic violence against women
• measures for gender equality
• outlawing discrimination of LGBTIQ+ persons
• reducing violence in the media

And, most likely: secularization.