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Sex Differences in the Perception of Rape Victims

University of Aberdeen

JOHN W. SHEPHERD

University of Aberdeen

The present study investigated the effects of victim characteristics on people's perceptions of a rape incident. Subjects read an account of a rape incident in which the victim was described either as a virgin or as a sexually promiscuous woman. It was predicted that, because of the different attributional perspectives adopted by males and females when explaining a rape incident, the characteristics of the victim would influence the judgments of male subjects but not of female subjects. The results obtained supported this prediction.

Journal of Interpersonal Violence, Vol. 4, No. 3, 278-288 (1989)
DOI: 10.1177/088626089004003002


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