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Determinants of Society's Rape Myths Acceptance

OPUS Toplum Araştırmaları Dergisi, 2023
This study was planned to determine the acceptance status of rape myths in society and also the factors affecting this situation. The target population of this descriptive cross-sectional study consisted of individuals living in Turkey. Random sampling method was used in sample selection.
Derya SAHİN, Özlem GÜNER
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Gender-Blind Sexism and Rape Myth Acceptance

Violence Against Women, 2016
The purpose of this article is to explore whether gender-blind sexism, as an extension of Bonilla-Silva’s racialized social system theory, is an appropriate theoretical framework for understanding the creation and continued prevalence of rape myth acceptance. Specifically, we hypothesize that individuals who hold attitudes consistent with the frames of
Laurie Cooper, Stoll, Terry Glenn, Lilley, Kelly, Pinter   +2 more
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Rape Myth Acceptance and Accessibility of the Gender Category

Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 1998
Research suggests that women low in rape myth acceptance (RMA) perceive sexual violence at an intergroup level (as a threat by all men against all women), whereas women high in RMA perceive sexual violence at an interpersonal level (as an interaction of certain individuals; Bohner, Weisbrod, Raymond, Barzvi, & Schwarz, 1993).
Bohner, Gerd, Siebler, Frank, Sturm, Sabine, Effler, Dagmar, Litters, Miriam, Reinhard, Marc-André, Rutz, Stefanie   +6 more
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Rape Myths and the Cross-Cultural Adaptation of the Illinois Rape Myth Acceptance Scale in China

Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2016
The study examines the similarities and differences between China and the United States with regard to rape myths. We assessed the individual level of rape myth acceptance among Chinese university students by adapting and translating a widely used measure of rape myth endorsement in the United States, the Illinois Rape Myth Acceptance (IRMA) scale.
Jia, Xue, Gang, Fang, Hui, Huang, Naixue, Cui, Karin V, Rhodes, Richard, Gelles   +5 more
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Rape Myth Acceptance Impacts the Reporting of Rape to the Police

Violence Against Women, 2013
We examined the association between rape myth acceptance (RMA) and reporting rapes to the police. Situational characteristics of the rape (e.g., stranger attack, injury) are known predictors of reporting, but no existing studies have examined the association between beliefs about rape and reporting.
Nicole M, Heath, Shannon M, Lynch, April M, Fritch, Maria M, Wong   +3 more
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The Illinois Rape Myth Acceptance Scale—Subtle Version: Using an Adapted Measure to Understand the Declining Rates of Rape Myth Acceptance

Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2021
Research in recent years has shown decreased rates of rape myth acceptance. This decrease may be due to an actual decline in attitudes, but it may also be fully or in part because such attitudes have become socially undesirable to acknowledge. However, most of the current measures of rape myth acceptance are not sensitive to this issue.
Alexandra R. Thelan, Elizabeth A. Meadows   +1 more
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Exposure to Pornography and Acceptance of Rape Myths

Journal of Communication, 1995
This paper quantitatively summarizes the literature examining the association between acceptance of rape myths and exposure to pornography. In this meta-analysis, nonexperimental methodology shows almost no effect (exposure to pornography does not increase rape myth acceptance), while experimental studies show positive effect (exposure to pornography ...
Mike Allen, Tara Emmers, Lisa Gebhardt, Mary A. Giery   +3 more
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Rape myth acceptance of students: The influence of social groups

Journal of American College Health, 2020
Objective The purpose of the study was two-fold. The first objective was to determine the level of rape myth acceptance of college students. The second objective was to determine the impact of social group membership on rape myth. Participants: 316 undergraduate students were recruited in spring of 2016.
Jennifer L, Huck, S, James
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Validation of Rape Myth Acceptance Scale

Psychological Reports, 1982
Burt (2) has shown that attitudinal, experiential, and demographic variables influence acceptance of myths about rape but assessment of reliability and validiry of the scale is necessary. Bun defines rape myths as stereotyped, prejudicial, or false beliefs about rape, victims, and rapists.
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A Meta-analysis of Media Consumption and Rape Myth Acceptance

Journal of Health Communication, 2021
The prevalence of rape myths, or false beliefs about rape that blame victims of sexual violence and excuse perpetrators of sexual violence, has been documented throughout a wide range of media content. However, previous meta-analyses of media consumption and rape myth acceptance (RMA) have focused on pornography, and these studies are over ten years ...
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