Comment on ethical issues in Malamuth, Heim, and Feshbach's "Sexual responsiveness of college students to rape depictions: inhibitory and disinhibitory effects".
Malamuth, Heim, and Feshbach's concern about presenting "totally false" rape depictions to students and editorial request for comment led to review of the following: (a) possible effects of exposure and debriefing, which were not evaluated; (b) responsibilities in interpretation when data differ from expectations and for males and females; and (c) communications to the public. A reviewer questioned classroom testing on rape depictions.
D000339:Affect; D001143:Arousal; D004995:Ethics, Professional; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007266:Inhibition, Psychological; D008297:Male; D011902:Rape; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D014754:Violence