The paper discusses the empirical results of the study of the influence of gender role identity on representations of violence in young female students at the age from 17 to 19. Attitudes towards violence, as well as the use of violence in interpersonal relations appear long before their realization in interpersonal interaction. The authors proceeded on the assumption that traditional ideas about gender dichotomy of features of violent behaviour were inadequate for the gender system of modern society. The study sample consisted of 100 respondents. The authors used the following research methods: writing an essay, semantic differential, and the Bem Sex-Role Inventory (BSRI). The obtained empirical data indicated that the girls with undifferentiated (neutral) gender role identity had a wider range of representations of violence, if to compare with the respondents who were guided by dichotomous models of gender behaviour (with "masculine" and "feminine" patterns). The girls with undifferentiated (not polarized) gender role identity are able to recognize a large variety of forms of violence; they can flexibly use and combine various forms of violence for achieving their own goals in corresponding circumstances. In this sample the girls with typically feminine gender role identity were less able to notice unobvious forms of violence (especially in interpersonal relations); violence usually had polar forms in their representations: either physical, or psychological. Moreover, the girls with typically feminine gender role identity perceived violence in such behavioural patterns which could not be assessed as violent in the given context. The findings of the study could be useful for improving the practices of prevention, correction and rehabilitation of female violent convicts, as well as for reducing manifestations of extreme forms of female violence in society.