Citation

Angelone DJ, Cantor N, Marcantonio T, Joppa M. Violence Against Women 2020; ePub(ePub): ePub.

Affiliation

Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2020, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1077801220913632

PMID

32339090

Abstract

Compared with women, men tend to blame assault victims, exonerate perpetrators, and report higher levels of sexism and rape myths. The goal of the present study was to determine whether sexist beliefs mediate the established relationship between gender and rape myth acceptance in a sample of 626 college students.

RESULTS demonstrated that hostile sexism, complementary gender differentiation, and heterosexual intimacy mediated the relationship between gender and rape myth acceptance, suggesting that these attitudes play a role in victim blaming and have potential to inform the development of sexual assault prevention programs.

Language: en

Keywords

ambivalent sexism; rape myth acceptance; traditional gender roles; victim blame