TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2022//
TI  - Was she wearing red? The function of victim-blaming in women's intrasexual competition
JO  - Scandinavian journal of psychology
A1  - Brown, Mitch
A1  - Burnett, Lucienne
A1  - Boykin, Kaitlyn
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - Previous research indicates that women frequently use red clothing to signal their sexual receptivity, with men and women both recognizing this as a reliable cue to such receptivity. Nonetheless, receptivity cues can inform perceptions of women's culpability for experiencing sexual assault. Thus, women experiencing sexual assault could become more of a target for victim-blaming if assaulted while wearing red. Such victim-blaming could be especially apparent especially among those who believe the world is just. The current study presented a sexual assault vignette to American undergraduates (155 women, 66 men) describing a woman wearing either red or green whom participants evaluated for the degree of culpability she has for the assault. <br><br>RESULTS indicated that the red-wearing target was viewed as more culpable for the assault, particularly for women with heightened just-world beliefs. We frame results from an evolutionary framework considering victim-blaming as part of women's intrasexual competition.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0036-5564
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/sjop.12870
ID  - ref1
ER  -