Citation

Maurer TW. Violence Against Women 2016; 22(7): 780-797.

Affiliation

Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, USA tmaurer@georgiasouthern.edu.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1077801215612599

PMID

26516179

Abstract

This investigation explored college students' victim-blaming behaviors in perceptions of incapacitated rape. Participants received a vignette about a man who had sexual intercourse with a woman who had lost consciousness due to alcohol, with the conditions varied across the vignettes: the relationship between the parties, the alcohol use of the man, and the post-assault sleeping arrangements.

RESULTS revealed that when the man was a stranger, participants attributed less responsibility for the incident to him, but were more likely to label the incident as "rape." Neither the alcohol use of the man nor the post-assault sleeping arrangements significantly influenced participants' perceptions.

Language: en