Blame is in the eye of the beholder: assessing the role of ambivalent sexism on subtle rape myth acceptance

Valentina Gosetti; Kallia Manoussaki

doi:10.14738/assrj.82.9669

Blame is in the eye of the beholder: assessing the role of ambivalent sexism on subtle rape myth acceptance

Valentina Gosetti, Kallia Manoussaki

School of Education and Social Sciences

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The aim of the present study was to determine whether ambivalent sexism predicts subtle rape myth acceptance. Respondents comprised of 211 university students, who completed the Ambivalent Sexism Inventory (Glick & Fiske, 1996) and the updated version of the Illinois Rape Myth Acceptance scale (McMahon & Farmer, 2011). Results indicated that while benevolent sexism significantly predicted acceptance of subtle rape myths, hostile sexism did not. Additionally, male participants reported more ambivalent sexism and subtle rape myth acceptance than females. These findings add to the literature investigating gender inequality and rape mythology by giving a first account on the link between subtle rape myths and ambivalent sexist attitudes.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	284-295
Number of pages	12
Journal	Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal
Volume	8
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.14738/assrj.82.9669
Publication status	Published - 23 Feb 2021

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gender-based violence
rape mythology
subtle rape myths
ambivalent sexism

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