Rape perception and the function of ambivalent sexism and gender-role traditionality.
This study explores the roles of benevolent sexism (BS), hostile sexism (HS), and gender-role traditionality (GRT) in minimizing rape, blaming the victim, and excusing the rapist. As predicted, hostile sexists minimize the seriousness of the rape in both stranger and date-rape scenarios. In the victim-blame scale, both BS and GRT significantly moderate victim blame in a date but not stranger scenario. BS and GRT moderate the perpetrator-excuse measure in a date scenario but HS is the significant moderator in a stranger scenario. These results show that external observers make different assumptions about a rape incident based on their GRT, BS, and HS levels in different victim-perpetrator relationships.
Yamawaki
Niwako
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Department of Psychology, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602, USA. Niwako_Yamawaki@byu.edu
D000328:Adult; D003120:Colorado; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D011287:Prejudice; D011902:Rape; D012737:Sex Factors; D012938:Social Perception; D013240:Stereotyping; D013334:Students; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires