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Masculinity, Rape Myth Acceptance, and Sexual Self-Regulation among College Men
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Lily T. Alpers – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Sexual assault against women is a pervasive problem on college campuses in the United States (Canan, Jozkowski, & Crawford, 2018). Interventions to prevent sexual violence have been developed to target men. However, they generally lack a specific guiding theory and show mixed results (Caver, 2013). Factors such as adherence to traditional…
Descriptors: Rape, Misconceptions, Males, College Students
Educating High School Black Males from within the #MeToo Movement
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Grimmett, Marc A.; Rowley, Alishea; Williams, Regina Gavin; Clark, Cory – Professional School Counseling, 2021
The education of Black male high school students is presently occurring in the context of the #MeToo movement. Recent reports of inappropriate sexual conduct by high profile men, including Black men, have generated heightened awareness, confusion, anxiety, and ambivalence among Black males regarding what behavior is acceptable toward girls and…
Descriptors: African American Students, Males, High School Students, Sexual Abuse
College Men's Perception of the Risks and Benefits of Intervening against Sexual Assault and the Influence of Social Norms and Masculine Ideology
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Buck, Stephen C. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Sexual assault is a major problem facing colleges and universities, and prevention efforts have begun to examine how student peers can be encouraged to intervene as active bystanders. This study investigated what male students perceived as the most salient risks and benefits of intervening in a situation involving a hypothetical sexual assault and…
Descriptors: Intervention, Males, College Students, Risk
Rape Myth Acceptance, Hypermasculinity, and SAT Scores as Correlates of Moral Development: Understanding Sexually Aggressive Attitudes in First-Year College Men
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Tatum, Jerry L.; Foubert, John D. – Journal of College Student Development, 2009
Male perpetrated sexual aggression has long been recognized as a serious problem on college campuses. The purpose of this multiple regression correlation study was to assess the relationship between levels of moral development (measured by the Defining Issues Test) and the degree to which first-year college men (N = 161) ascribed to rape…
Descriptors: Campuses, Rape, Misconceptions, Multiple Regression Analysis
Development and Testing of a New Version of the Hypermasculinity Index
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Peters, Jay; Nason, Carey; Turner, Winston M. – Social Work Research, 2007
The high prevalence and serious consequences associated with rape makes its prevention an important social work goal. Rape prevention necessitates understanding the attitudes and personality characteristics of actual and potential rapists. Within the research on attitudinal correlates of rape, hypermasculinity consistently emerges as one of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Psychometrics, Prevention, Personality Traits
Gender Role and Attitudes toward Rape in Male and Female College Students.
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Szymanski, Lynda A.; And Others – Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, 1993
Examines the relationship between college students' gender roles and attitudes toward rape for 145 male and 374 female students. Responses to a scenario questionnaire suggest that women and men view acquaintance rape differently and that men may experience more attitude change resulting from an awareness workshop than do women. (SLD)
Descriptors: Attitude Change, College Students, Females, Femininity