The Effect of Sexist Humor and Type of Rape on Men’s Self-reported Rape Proclivity and Victim Blame
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In the current research, we investigated the effects of exposure to sexist humor on male selfreported rape proclivity and perceptions of rape. We also considered the role of type of rape. Male students were exposed to either sexist or non-sexist jokes and either a stranger rape or an acquaintance rape scenario. We found the highest levels of self-reported rape proclivity and victim blame in the sexist joke-acquaintance rape condition compared to the other conditions. We also found the lowest levels of perceived seriousness of rape and recommended sentence in the sexist joke-acquaintance rape condition compared to the other conditions Current Research in Social Psychology (Vol. 13, No. 10) (Viki et al.)
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