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  • Title: Oppression through acceptance?: predicting rape myth acceptance and attitudes toward rape victims.
    Author: Hockett JM, Saucier DA, Hoffman BH, Smith SJ, Craig AW.
    Journal: Violence Against Women; 2009 Aug; 15(8):877-97. PubMed ID: 19506093.
    Abstract:
    Feminist theories of rape motivation are based on research suggesting a relationship between dominance and sexual aggression. However, the relationship between dominance and rape myth acceptance (RMA), a predictor of rape proclivity and sexual aggression and a key component in feminist theory, is understudied. The current study tests the hypotheses that individuals' scores on sex-based oppression and intergroup dominance measures will improve the predictive models for RMA and attitudes toward rape and rape victims. The hypotheses are supported. Individuals' general intergroup dominance and sex-based oppression attitudes provide significant unique prediction beyond previously studied predictors of attitudes about rape and rape victims.
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