Social approval for violations of sexual consent in marriage and dating.
This study compares approval for minor violations of sexual consent in three contexts: marriage, long-term dating, and a first date. Quantitative and qualitative data from a vignette experiment show that as couples progress from a first date to marriage, men gain support to violate their partner's consent, and, to a lesser degree, women lose support to assert their rights. Evidence is presented that men are more approving of male dominance and female passivity in dating and marriage than are women.
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Department of Home Economics, University of Iowa, Iowa City.
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Miller
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D000328:Adult; D003380:Courtship; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008393:Marriage; D011902:Rape / Q000523:psychology*; D012931:Social Environment; D012944:Social Support; D012945:Social Values; D014754:Violence