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Oppression Through Acceptance?

Predicting Rape Myth Acceptance and Attitudes Toward Rape Victims

Jericho M. Hockett

Kansas State University

Donald A. Saucier

Kansas State University

Bethany H. Hoffman

University of Georgia

Sara J. Smith

Kansas State University

Adam W. Craig

University of Kentucky

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.

Key Words: feminist theory • general intergroup dominance • rape myth acceptance • sex-based prejudice

This version was published on August 1, 2009

Violence Against Women, Vol. 15, No. 8, 877-897 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/1077801209335489
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