There's been some really interesting and important work done in this area. Sometimes quite startling to see the results.
Here's a more recent study of attitudes amongst young people in the UK towards gendered violence (study group was taken from a handful of scottish highschools):
http://www.ndvf.org.uk/files/document/1093/original.pdf
It wont let me cut and paste quotes from it, but I recommend it for an interesting read. It isn't just about male on female violence, it looks at attitudes towards violence and abuse within teenage relationships more generally.