TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2007//
TI  - Rape Perception and the Function of Ambivalent Sexism and Gender-Role Traditionality
JO  - Journal of interpersonal violence
A1  - Yamawaki, Niwako
SP  - 406
EP  - 423
VL  - 22
IS  - 4
N2  - 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.<p /> 
LA  - en
SN  - 0886-2605
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0886260506297210
ID  - ref1
ER  -