Rape Myth Acceptance and Sociodemographic Characteristics: A Multidimensional Analysis

摘要: Many myths have been identified surrounding rape, rapists, and rape victims. This study reexamines the acceptance of across gender role ideologies selected demographic characteristics to identify core myths. Three myth categories were established investigated: blaming woman, excusing man, justifications for acquaintance rape. Findings indicate that remain prevalent adherence is related factors attitudes. Overall, respondents tend excuse man more than blame woman. Males accept females. Racial differences emerged most strongly on dimension. Individuals with a conservative ideology believe those liberal ideologies. While did not emerge from data, revealing finding summative scaling techniques used in previous studies may mask important differences, between within three dimensions, among groups studied.