Sex Differences in the Perception of Rape Victims

C. Neil Macrae; John W. Shepherd

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Sex Differences in the Perception of Rape Victims

C. Neil Macrae, John W. Shepherd

Psychology

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The present study investigated the effects of victim characteristics on people's perceptions of a rape incident. Subjects read an account of a rape incident in which the victim was described either as a virgin or as a sexually promiscuous woman. It was predicted that, because of the different attributional perspectives adopted by males and females when explaining a rape incident, the characteristics of the victim would influence the judgments of male subjects but not of female subjects. The results obtained supported this prediction.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	278-288
Number of pages	11
Journal	Journal of Interpersonal Violence
Volume	4
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/088626089004003002
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 1989

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