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Does Sexism Mediate the Gender and Rape Myth Acceptance Relationship?
D J Angelone1, Nicole Cantor1, Tiffany Marcantonio2
1Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ, USA.
Abstract:
Compared with women, men tend to blame assault victims, exonerate perpetrators, and report higher levels of sexism and rape myths. The goal of the present study was to determine whether sexist beliefs mediate the established relationship between gender and rape myth acceptance in a sample of 626 college students. Results demonstrated that hostile sexism, complementary gender differentiation, and heterosexual intimacy mediated the relationship between gender and rape myth acceptance, suggesting that these attitudes play a role in victim blaming and have potential to inform the development of sexual assault prevention programs.
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