Citation

Romero-Sánchez M, Krahé B, Moya M, Megías JL. Violence Against Women 2018; 24(9): 1052-1069.

Affiliation

University of Granada, Spain.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1077801217727372

PMID

29332529

Abstract

Two studies analyzed the influence of victim behavior, drink type, and observer rape myth acceptance (RMA) on attributions of blame to victims of sexual assault. In Study 1, people higher in RMA blamed the victim more when she accepted rather than rejected the aggressor's invitation to buy her a drink. In Study 2, we analyzed if the effects depended on who offered the invitation for a drink (a friend or aggressor). RMA was more closely related to victim blame when she accepted (vs. rejected) the offer of a drink from the aggressor. In both studies, drink type (alcoholic vs. nonalcoholic) did not interact with the other variables.

Language: en

Keywords

alcohol; rape myth acceptance; victim blame