TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1988//
TI  - Sex-Role Attitude Change and Reporting of Rape Victimization, 1973-1985
JO  - Sociological quarterly, The
A1  - Orcutt, James D.
A1  - Faison, Rebecca
SP  - 589
EP  - 604
VL  - 29
IS  - 4
N2  - This article examines the relationship between sex-role attitude change and female victims' reports of rape incidents to police in an analysis of time-series data from national attitude surveys of college freshmen and adults, and from annual victimization surveys. Declining support for traditional sex-role attitudes among both college women and men in strongly related to an increase in the proportion of rapes by nonstranger assailants that were reported to police from 1973 to 1985. However, victims' reports of rapes by strangers are more closely related to offenders' use of weapons during sexual assaults. These findings and other evidence against alternative explanations suggest that the cultural bases for "rape myths" have eroded during the 1970s and 1980s, and that broader definitions of rape have contributed to increased reporting of certain forms of sexual assault to police. (Abstract Adapted from Source: The Sociological Quarterly, 1988. Copyright © 1988 by the Midwest Sociological Society; the University of California Press)  1970s 1980s Violence Against Women Rape Myth Rape Perceptions Rape Reporting Rape Supportive Attitudes Rape Victim Sexual Assault Perceptions Sexual Assault Reporting Sexual Assault Victim College Student Research Adult Female Adult Male Adult Perceptions Adult Victim Female Perceptions Female Victim Male Perceptions Gender Role Attitudes Adult Attitudes Female Attitudes Male Attitudes Attitude Changes Attitudes Toward Women Attitudes Toward Violence Attitudes Toward Victim 06-04<p />
LA  - en
SN  - 0038-0253
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
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