Attitudinal antecedents of rape myth acceptance: A theoretical and empirical reexamination.

Abstract

M. R. Burt (1980) concluded that acceptance of rape myths was strongly related to adversarial sexual beliefs, tolerance of interpersonal violence, and gender role stereotyping. However, the scales designed to assess these variables appear to share an emphasis on hostile attitudes toward women. Using alternative measures and 3 samples ofundergraduates (N = 429; 199 men and 230 women), the authors demonstrated that hostility toward women can partially account for the relation of the various Burt constructs with rape myth acceptance. In addition, a direct measure of hostility toward women exhibits considerably more predictive power among men than women, suggesting that rape myths may function differently for men and women and that there is significant utility in exploring a more broadly defined construct of misogyny for understanding the acceptance of sexual violence toward women

Cites (1)

1. Rape Myths: In Review
   Lonsway, Kimberly A., Fitzgerald, Louise F. · 1994 · Psychology of Women Quarterly

Show all 1 references

Cited by (19)

1. Rape Myth Acceptance: Exploration of Its Structure and Its Measurement Using theIllinois Rape Myth Acceptance Scale
   Payne, Diana L., Lonsway, Kimberly A., Fitzgerald, Louise F. · 1999 · Journal of Research in Personality
2. Attribution of blame in rape cases: A review of the impact of rape myth acceptance, gender role conformity and substance use on victim blaming
   Grubb, Amy, Turner, Emily · 2012 · Aggression and Violent Behavior
3. An updated measure for assessing subtle rape myths
   McMahon, S., Farmer, G. L. · 2011 · Social Work Research
4. Male Sexual Victimization: Examining Men’s Experiences of Rape and Sexual Assault
   Weiss, Karen G. · 2010 · Men and Masculinities
5. A systematic review of the current knowledge regarding revenge pornography and non-consensual sharing of sexually explicit media
   Walker, Kate, Sleath, Emma · 2017 · Aggression and Violent Behavior

See all 551