Citation

Hockett JM, Smith SJ, Klausing CD, Saucier DA. Violence Against Women 2016; 22(2): 139-167.

Affiliation

Kansas State University, Manhattan, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1077801215607359

PMID

26446194

Abstract

An overview discusses feminist analyses of oppression, attitudes toward rape victims, and previously studied predictors of individuals' attitudes toward rape victims. To better understand such attitudes, this meta-analysis examines the moderating influences of various rape victim, perpetrator, and crime characteristics' rape myth consistency on gender differences in individuals' perceptions of rape victims (i.e., victim responsibility and blame attributions and rape minimizing attitudes). Consistent with feminist theoretical predictions, results indicated that, overall, men perceived rape victims more negatively than women did. However, this sex difference was moderated by the rape myth consistency within the rape vignettes. Implications for research are discussed.

Language: en