ERIC Number: EJ755534
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2007
Pages: 18
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Rape Perception and the Function of Ambivalent Sexism and Gender-Role Traditionality
Yamawaki, Niwako
Journal of Interpersonal Violence, v22 n4 p406-423 2007
This study explores the roles of benevolent sexism (BS), hostile sexism (HS), and gender-role traditionality (GRT) in minimizing rape, blaming the victim, and excusing the rapist. As predicted, hostile sexists minimize the seriousness of the rape in both stranger and date-rape scenarios. In the victim-blame scale, both BS and GRT significantly moderate victim blame in a date but not stranger scenario. BS and GRT moderate the perpetrator-excuse measure in a date scenario but HS is the significant moderator in a stranger scenario. These results show that external observers make different assumptions about a rape incident based on their GRT, BS, and HS levels in different victim-perpetrator relationships. (Contains 5 tables.)
Descriptors: Gender Bias, Victims of Crime, Rape, Sex Role, Psychological Patterns, Criminals, Social Attitudes, Undergraduate Students, Attitude Measures, Responses, Attribution Theory
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Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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