title: Perceptions of Incapacitated Heterosexual Sexual Assault: Influences of Relationship Status, Perpetrator Intoxication, and Post-Assault Sleeping Arrangements.
abstract: This investigation explored college students' victim-blaming behaviors in perceptions of incapacitated rape. Participants received a vignette about a man who had sexual intercourse with a woman who had lost consciousness due to alcohol, with the conditions varied across the vignettes: the relationship between the parties, the alcohol use of the man, and the post-assault sleeping arrangements. Results revealed that when the man was a stranger, participants attributed less responsibility for the incident to him, but were more likely to label the incident as "rape." Neither the alcohol use of the man nor the post-assault sleeping arrangements significantly influenced participants' perceptions.
authors.affiliation: Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, USA tmaurer@georgiasouthern.edu.
authors.forename: Trent W
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Maurer
mesh_terms: D000435:Alcoholic Intoxication / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology; D019548:Crime Victims / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D020010:Heterosexuality / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D010465:Perception; D012742:Sex Offenses / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014474:Unconsciousness / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology*; D014495:Universities / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: date rape; incapacitated; sexual assault; unconscious; vignette