Abstract
The relationship of sex, gender role attitudes, and sexual orientation to blame attributed to rape victims by 168 male and 220 female undergraduates was examined. Participants responded to a scenario that depicted the rape of a heterosexual male or female, a gay male, or a lesbian and completed the Case Reaction Questionnaire, the Attitudes Toward Women Scale - Short Form, the Attitudes Toward Lesbians and Gay Men Scale - Short Form, and the Male Role Norm Scale. Men assigned more blame to victims than did women, and they assigned greater blame to male than to female victims. Traditional gender role attitudes were positively related to victim blame and to more negative attitudes toward gay men and lesbians, which in turn, was related to more blame being assigned to homosexual victims.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 191-200 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | Sex Roles |
Volume | 46 |
Issue number | 5-6 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Mar 2002 |
Keywords
- homosexuality
- perceptions
- rape
- victim sex
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Gender Studies
- Social Psychology
- Developmental and Educational Psychology