@article{ref1,
title="Predicting bystander intention to intervene: the role of gender-specific system justification and rape myth acceptance for men and women",
journal="Frontiers in psychology",
year="2020",
author="Martini, Mara and De Piccoli, Norma",
volume="11",
number="",
pages="e326-e326",
abstract="The relationship between rape myth acceptance, gender-specific system justification, and bystander intention to intervene has often been studied on a one-dimensional, without separating the four dimensions of the acceptance of rape myths. The current study analyzes the relationship between the acceptance of rape myths, gender-specific system justification, and bystander intention to intervene, and explores whether the relationships operate differently for men and women. The sample was 3966 university students: 2963 from the University of Turin and 1004 from the Politecnico of Turin; 71.2% women and 28.8% men; average age 22.61 years. After descriptive analyses, independent sample T-test, and bivariate correlations, a model where the acceptance of four rape myths (&quot;She asked for it&quot;; &quot;He didn't mean to&quot;; &quot;It wasn't really rape&quot;; &quot;She lied&quot;) mediated the relationship between gender-specific system justification and bystander intention to intervene was tested on the whole sample and then separately on women and men. A bootstrapping procedure was applied. Our data show that for both men and women gender-specific system justification was related to the four rape myths, whereas women and men differed on the relationship between acceptance of rape myths and bystander intention to intervene: only the dimension &quot;She asked for it&quot; was significant for both groups; the dimension &quot;It wasn't really rape&quot; was significant only for the men. Focusing on the differences in women and men regarding acceptance of rape myths can be fruitful for a theoretical deepening of the field and may inform the development of more successful prevention programs.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1664-1078",
doi="10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00326",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00326"
}