Was she wearing red? The function of victim‐blaming in women's intrasexual competition

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ID21391775
AutoresMitch Brown (0000-0001-6615-6081, Department of Psychological Science University of Arkansas Fayetteville AR USA, autor correspondente), Lucienne Burnett (School of Psychology Fairleigh Dickinson University Teaneck NJ USA), Kaitlyn Boykin (School of Psychology The University of Southern Mississippi Hattiesburg MS USA), Kaitlyn N Boykin (0000-0001-9953-8027, University of Southern Mississippi)
Ano2023
Volume64
Fascículo2
Páginas205-211
Data de publicação2023-04-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoScandinavian Journal of Psychology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0036-5564 • E-ISSN: 1467-9450
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/sjop.12870
PMID36134619
OpenAlexW4296617610
IdiomaEN
Referências citadas55

Previous research indicates that women frequently use red clothing to signal their sexual receptivity, with men and women both recognizing this as a reliable cue to such receptivity. Nonetheless, receptivity cues can inform perceptions of women's culpability for experiencing sexual assault. Thus, women experiencing sexual assault could become more of a target for victim‐blaming if assaulted while wearing red. Such victim‐blaming could be especially apparent especially among those who believe the world is just. The current study presented a sexual assault vignette to American undergraduates (155 women, 66 men) describing a woman wearing either red or green whom participants evaluated for the degree of culpability she has for the assault. Results indicated that the red‐wearing target was viewed as more culpable for the assault, particularly for women with heightened just‐world beliefs. We frame results from an evolutionary framework considering victim‐blaming as part of women's intrasexual competition

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