Beyond Rape Myths: A More Complex View of Perceptions of Rape Victims

Examined personal beliefs and perceptions of cultural stereotypes surrounding rape victims. Primarily white college students listed their beliefs and perceptions and rated a specific rape victim accordingly. Students' personal beliefs tended to focus more on perceptions of victim reactions to t...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Sex roles 2001-08, Vol.45 (3-4), p.139-160
Hauptverfasser:	Buddie, Amy M, Miller, Arthur G
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Attitude towards mental illness Beliefs Biological and medical sciences Censorship College Students Cultural Differences Cultural stereotypes Empathy Ethnic Stereotypes Females Higher Education Likert Scales Males Medical sciences Mythology Negative Attitudes Perceptions Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry Psychopathology. Psychiatry Rape Social psychiatry. Ethnopsychiatry Stereotypes Student Attitudes Victims Victims of Crime Violence White Students
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Zusammenfassung:	Examined personal beliefs and perceptions of cultural stereotypes surrounding rape victims. Primarily white college students listed their beliefs and perceptions and rated a specific rape victim accordingly. Students' personal beliefs tended to focus more on perceptions of victim reactions to the rape rather than rape myths. However, their perceptions of cutural stereotypes included rape myths. (Contains references.) (SM)
ISSN:	0360-0025 1573-2762
DOI:	10.1023/A:1013575209803