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Reflections on the society’s reaction towards rape victims in Delhi City [PDF]
Temida, 2014 In general, most people display stronger beliefs in ‘aggravated rape‘ or ‘real rape‘; including victims of such rape cases who often identify themselves as ‘rape victims’ than the victims of ‘simple rape’, where none of the aggravating ...
Hetu Vibha
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Frontiers in Psychology, 2020 The relationship between rape myth acceptance, gender-specific system justification (GSJ), and bystander intention to intervene has often been studied on a one-dimensional basis, without separating the four dimensions of the acceptance of rape myths. The
Mara Martini, Norma De Piccoli
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Perception towards rape among the youth in India
Telangana Journal of Psychiatry, 2023 Background: Indian women and girls have suffered increased sexual violence despite progressive legislation. Aim: The research objective was to assess perceptions toward rape myth acceptance (RMA) among college students.
Mysore Narasimha Vranda, Remy Lobo
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Male Rape Myths: Understanding and Explaining Social Attitudes Surrounding Male Rape
Masculinities and Social Change, 2015 This paper provides a critical review of the literature surrounding male rape, aimed at exploring how male rape myths shape society’s responses and attitudes to male victims of rape and integrates the literature from a theory driven perspective.
Aliraza Javaid
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Gender-based differences in the acceptance of rape myths in India: A comparative study [PDF]
TemidaRape remains one of the most concerning crimes against women in India, with numbers continuing to rise every year. It is not just a crime against the victim but an offence against society.
Bajaj Harshita
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Sexual Assault Myths Acceptance in University Campus: Construction and Validation of a Scale
Social Sciences, 2021 The study related to the myths of rape has been carried out since the 1980s at different scales. However, the interaction between the acceptance of these rape myths (myths related to sexual abuse) and the nightlife scene—where alcohol consumption becomes
Irantzu Recalde-Esnoz +2 more
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Greek students’ attitudes toward rape
Ψυχολογία: το Περιοδικό της Ελληνικής Ψυχολογικής Εταιρείας, 2020 Literature on sexual harassment and violence against women describes a variety of myths and stereotypes regarding partial or total responsibility of rape victims and their “enjoyment” of sexual violence.
Aikaterini Gari +3 more
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Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences, 2023 Background Rape myths may harm those who have been sexually assaulted, according to the past literature. This study looked at the associations between grandiose narcissism, psychopathic characteristics, and rape myth acceptance and attitudes towards rape
Syed Messum Ali Kazmi +4 more
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Investigating Rape Myth in the Prism of the Big Five Factors of Personality: An Explorative Study
Journal of Psychosexual Health, 2023 Background: A society’s perception of rape is largely determined by Rape Myth, an important psychological construct, whose endorsement promotes rape supportive attitudes among people.
Ivan Das, Anjana Bhattacharjee
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Effects of Stereotypical Sex Role Movies on Adolescents and Emerging Adults
Comunicación y Género, 2018 This experiment examines the effect of movies portraying stereotypical sex roles on sexual gender stereotypes and rape myths among adolescents and emerging adults (N = 116).
Cristina Polo-Alonso +2 more
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