TY - JOUR PY - 2014// TI - She deserved it: effects of sexism norms, type of violence, and victim's pre-assault behavior on blame attributions toward female victims and approval of the aggressor's behavior JO - Violence against women A1 - Koepke, Sabrina A1 - Eyssel, Friederike A1 - Bohner, Gerd SP - 446 EP - 464 VL - 20 IS - 4 N2 - Effects of ambivalent sexism, sexism norms, victim behavior, and type of violence on male students' reactions to male violence against women in intimate relationships were examined. Participants judged a scenario depicting an act of sexual or non-sexual violence against a female partner who had either shown overtly sexual or non-sexual behavior toward another man. Generally, high (vs. low) hostile sexism, high (vs. low) hostile sexism norm feedback, and victim's overtly sexual (vs. non-sexual) behavior led to stronger victim blame and perceived approval of the aggressor's behavior. The victim of non-sexual violence was blamed more than the rape victim, particularly if she had behaved in an overtly sexual manner.

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LA - en SN - 1077-8012 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1077801214528581 ID - ref1 ER -