TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1995//
TI  - A preliminary study of eighth grade students' attitudes toward rape myths and women's roles
JO  - Journal of school health
A1  - Boxley, J.
A1  - Lawrance, L.
A1  - Gruchow, H.
SP  - 96
EP  - 100
VL  - 65
IS  - 3
N2  - This preliminary study examined the relationship between sex-role stereotypes of women and beliefs in rape myths among adolescents. A 35-item survey was completed by 211 female and males in eighth grade health classes. Findings indicate both females and males accept some rape myths and sex-role stereotyping of women. The data also indicated an association between belief in rape myths and sex-role stereotyping of women. Few racial and age differences emerged. The most profound differences involved gender. Most adolescents rejected rape myths, but 10% of girls and 30% of boys tended to accept rape myths. Most females (98.2%) and males (83.3%) rejected sex-role stereotypes of women. According to feminist perspective, sex-role stereotyping of women's role in society is associated with tolerance of sexual violence toward women.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0022-4391
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -