Citation

Romero-Sánchez M, Toro-García V, Horvath MAH, Megías JL. J. Interpers. Violence 2017; 32(4): 515-534.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0886260515586366

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Exposure to some magazines aimed at young male readers--lads' mags--has recently been associated with behaviors and attitudes that are derogatory toward women, including sexual violence. In the present study, a group of Spanish adult men was exposed to the covers of a lads' mag while a second group was exposed to the covers of a neutral magazine.

RESULTS showed that, compared with participants in the second group, participants who were exposed to covers of lads' mags who also showed high rape myth acceptance and legitimized the consumption of such magazines reported higher rape proclivity in a hypothetical situation. These findings suggest the need to further explore the possible detrimental effects of some sexualized media that are widely accepted in many Western countries.

Language: en