“But she was drunk”: Sexual violence and Blaming the victim

Various studies have been demonstrating the importance of patriarchal values in structuring society, especially with regard to sexual violence against women, pointing out that women themselves are still blamed for they suffer. The work presented here falls within this context and analyzes how social representations university students about victims structured (Study 1; N = 288) information victim's skin color can affect judgment is made (study 2; 99). Together, results indicate woman was she suffered becomes more evident situation which Black.