Oppression through acceptance?: predicting rape myth acceptance and attitudes toward rape victims.
Feminist theories of rape motivation are based on research suggesting a relationship between dominance and sexual aggression. However, the relationship between dominance and rape myth acceptance (RMA), a predictor of rape proclivity and sexual aggression and a key component in feminist theory, is understudied. The current study tests the hypotheses that individuals' scores on sex-based oppression and intergroup dominance measures will improve the predictive models for RMA and attitudes toward rape and rape victims. The hypotheses are supported. Individuals' general intergroup dominance and sex-based oppression attitudes provide significant unique prediction beyond previously studied predictors of attitudes about rape and rape victims.
Hockett
Jericho M
JM
Kansas State University.
Saucier
Donald A
DA
Hoffman
Bethany H
BH
Smith
Sara J
SJ
Craig
Adam W
AW
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000374:Aggression; D019548:Crime Victims; D004291:Dominance-Subordination; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D011287:Prejudice; D011902:Rape / Q000523:psychology*; D012938:Social Perception; D013240:Stereotyping; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016387:Women's Health; D055815:Young Adult