Citation

Martinez T, Wiersma-Mosley JD, Jozkowski KN, Becnel J. Behav. Sci. (Basel) 2018; 8(7): e8070060.

Affiliation

School of Human Environmental Sciences, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701, USA. becnel@uark.edu.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, MDPI: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute)

DOI

10.3390/bs8070060

PMID

29954072

Abstract

The current study examined sexual assault perpetrator rape myths among college students, and in particular Greek students. Fraternity men are overrepresented among sexual assault perpetrators, while sorority women are at increased risk for victimization of sexual assault. The current study examined Greek-affiliated and non-Greek-affiliated perceptions of perpetrator rape myths among 892 college students; 58% of the sample was Greek-affiliated. Men and Greek-affiliated students reported higher agreement on stereotypes than women and non-Greek-affiliated students regarding perpetrator rape myths. Specifically, fraternity men reported higher stereotypical perceptions compared to all women and non-affiliated men, while there was no difference between sorority and non-affiliated women.

Language: en

Keywords

college campus; fraternity men; perpetrator rape myths; sorority women