TY - JOUR PY - 2003// TI - Perceptions of Sexual Intent: The Impact of Condom Possession JO - Psychology of women quarterly A1 - Hynie, Michaela A1 - Schuller, Regina A. A1 - Couperthwaite, Lisa SP - 75 EP - 79 VL - 27 IS - 1 N2 - This study examined whether knowing that a victim of a sexual assault was carrying a condom influenced perceptions of her sexual intention and subsequent judgments of the sexual assault. Participants (N = 165) read a vignette describing a date that culminated in an alleged sexual assault. Condom possession (carrying a condom, not carrying a condom) of both the female and male target was systematically varied. When the woman was carrying a condom, the woman was perceived as more sexually willing and the sexual assault claim perceived as less valid. In contrast, the male target's condom possession had little impact on judgments.

LA - SN - 0361-6843 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1471-6402.t01-2-00009 ID - ref1 ER -