TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2019//
TI  - The effect of sexism and rape myths on victim blame
JO  - Sexuality and culture
A1  - Rollero, Chiara
A1  - Tartaglia, Stefano
SP  - 209
EP  - 219
VL  - 23
IS  - 1
N2  - Rape myths are false beliefs about sexual violence that encourage blaming the victim and exonerating the offender. Within the framework of the Ambivalent Sexism Theory, we tested a model investigating the effect of each dimension of ambivalent sexism on the endorsement of each rape myth, and in turn the effect of each myth on the attribution of responsibility (to the perpetrator vs. to the victim) in case of sexual violence. Participants were 264 students (54.9% females). <br><br>RESULTS showed that hostile sexism toward women fostered the endorsement of each myth, whereas benevolence toward men enhanced the myth 'He didn't mean to' and this increased the perception of the victim's responsibility. Implications in developing interventions to de-construct rape myths are discussed.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1095-5143
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12119-018-9549-8
ID  - ref1
ER  -