Type:	Journal Article
Title:	The effect of participant sex, victim dress, and traditional attitudes on causal judgments for marital rape victims
Other Titles:	Journal of family violence
Authors:	Whatley, Mark A
Keywords:	Sexual assault;Community attitudes
Year:	2005
Publisher:	Springer Science+Business Media
Citation:	20 (3), February 2005
Notes:	This study investigated the effects of participant sex, victim dress, and attitudes influencing the tendency to blame a marital rape victim. College undergraduates completed the Attitudes toward Marriage Scale, an intervening cognitive task, and a read fictitious scenario of a marital rape incident where the victim was dressed somberly or seductively. Participants then completed a brief questionnaire. As predicted, males rated the victim more deserving of the attack than females. As predicted, the suggestively dressed victim was rated more responsible and deserving than the somberly dressed victim. As predicted, participants holding more traditional attitudes toward marriage were more likely to assign more victim responsibility and deservingness than participants with more egalitarian attitudes. These findings are discussed within an attitudinal framework. [?2005 Springer. All rights reserved. For further information, visit SpringerLink.]
URI:	https://anrows.intersearch.com.au/anrowsjspui/handle/1/12323
ISSN:	0885-7482
Appears in Collections:	Journal Articles

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