TY - JOUR
T1 - Does Sexism Mediate the Gender and Rape Myth Acceptance Relationship?
AU - Angelone, D. J.
AU - Cantor, Nicole
AU - Marcantonio, Tiffany
AU - Joppa, Meredith
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2020.
PY - 2021/5
Y1 - 2021/5
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
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U2 - 10.1177/1077801220913632
DO - 10.1177/1077801220913632
M3 - Article
C2 - 32339090
AN - SCOPUS:85084548366
SN - 1077-8012
VL - 27
SP - 748
EP - 765
JO - Violence Against Women
JF - Violence Against Women
IS - 6-7
ER -