Rape Myths
In Review
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5779670 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kimberly A Lonsway (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), Louise F Fitzgerald (0000-0001-7289-3803, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) |
| Year | 1994 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 133-164 |
| Publication date | 1994-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Psychology of Women Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0361-6843 • E-ISSN: 1471-6402 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1471-6402.1994.tb00448.x |
| OpenAlex | W2074085606 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 443 |
| References cited | 87 |
Theories of sexual aggression and victimization have increasingly emphasized the role of rape myths in the perpetuation of sexual assault. Rape myths are attitudes and generally false beliefs about rape that are widely and persistently held, and that serve to deny and justify male sexual aggression against women. Acceptance of such myths has been assessed with a number of measures, and investigators have examined its relationship with numerous variables and interventions. Although there has been extensive research in this area, definitions, terminology, and measures of rape myth acceptance (RMA) continue to lack adequate theoretical and psychometric precision. Despite such criticisms, we emphasize that the significance of this type of research cannot be overstated because it has immense potential for the understanding of sexual assault. The present article offers a theory-based definition of rape myths, reviews and critiques the literature on rape myth acceptance, and suggests directions for future research. In particular we argue that such work must include the development and application of improved measures, with more concern for the theoretical and methodological issues unique to this field
Aggression · Criminology · Mythology · Poison control · Psychiatry · Psychological intervention · Sexual assault · Terminology · Gender, Security, and Conflict · Human Factors and Ergonomics · Intimate Partner and Family Violence · Medicine · Psychology · Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies · Social Psychology
Can sexual digital violence be sexual violence?
Media Use, Viewing Women as Sexual Objects, and Rape Myth Acceptance Among U.S. College Women
Legal responses to nonconsensual pornography
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Violência sexual no namoro
Violência sexual no namoro
Police responses to sexual assault complaints
No safe haven
Measuring Myths about Domestic Violence
Beyond surveys and scales
Researching rudeness
Male Rape Myths
Individual Differences and Attitudes Toward Rape
Police Officer Schema of Sexual Assault Reports
“Victim is Not Credible”
Sexual assault on college campuses
Sexual violence against women
Complaints of rape and the criminal justice system
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Attribution of blame in rape cases
Social Norms and the Likelihood of Raping
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Exploring Japanese public attitudes toward sexual offenders
Police officers’ perspectives on the secondary victimisation of rape and serious sexual assault victims
Rape-Supportive Attitudes, Loneliness and Sexual Aggression Among Involuntary Celibates
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What makes a liberal feminist? Identifying predictors of heterosexual women and men's liberal feminist ideology
The association between gender role attitudes, rape myth acceptance and dating sexual violence
How do we study misogyny in the digital age? A systematic literature review using a computational linguistic approach
Rape myths in practice
The Efficacy of Bystander Interventions on Prejudiced Attitudes and Perceptions Towards Intervening in the United States
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Cultural Norms, Faith Communities, and Perceptions of Child Sexual Abuse in the UK-Based Ghanaian Diaspora
The Impact of Power and Disposition on the Evaluation of Sexual Assault
The Function of Rape Myths in the Battle Over Parental Rights
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Rape myth acceptance as a relevant psychological construct in a gender-unequal context
Voices of rape
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Intersecting Rape Myths with Race
Construction of rape culture amongst the Shona indigenous religion and culture
Mythes sur les Violences Faites aux Femmes
Waist-to-Hip Ratio Predicts Sexual Perception and Responses to Sexual Assault Disclosures
Justice Perceptions, Sexual Identity, and Race
Problems of conceptual amelioration
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Helpful or Harmful? The Gendered Effect of Virginity Pacts on Later Sexual Victimization
“She Lied”
Trauma and Survival in Sujata Parashar’s The Temple Bar Woman
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Victims on Trial
Perceptions of False Rape Reports and Rape Myth Acceptance Toward Women Victims
The Impact of College Education on Rape Myth Acceptance, Alcohol Expectancies, and Bystander Attitudes
Rape
Disbelief and counter-voices
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To Serve and Protect? An Empirical Study of Police-Involved Sexual Assault
The Relationship between Purity Culture and Rape Myth Acceptance
Gender, Judging and the Courts in Africa
She Asked for It? Descriptions of Victims' Behaviors Are Associated With Sentencing in Norwegian Rape Trials
Attitudinal antecedents of rape myth acceptance
Talking about sexual assault
Rape Myth Beliefs and Bystander Attitudes Among Incoming College Students
Does Drinking Alcohol Prior to Sexual Activity Influence College Students’ Consent
Men’s Self-Reported and Psychophysiological Affective Responses to Sexual Violence and Their Associations with Rape Myths, Personality, and Sexual Traits
The Role of Dysfunctional Sexual Beliefs and Sexual Self-Esteem in Sexual Aggression
Sexual and gender-based violence
Silenced Survivors
Sexual Assault Programming on College Campuses
A Review of Teen Dating Violence Prevention Research
Factors Behind Contemporary Rape Myths in Europe
Risk Markers for Male Perpetration of Sexual Assault on College Campuses
The Impact of Rape Myth Education on Jury Decision-Making
Forty Years of Rape Myth Acceptance Interventions
A Systematic Review of Dating Violence Risk Factors Among Undergraduate College Students
Beyond Obstacles
Modern Rape Myths
Reporting Sexual Victimization During Incarceration
Attributions of Blame in Stranger and Acquaintance Rape
Shattering Silence
Unpacking “Sexting”
Attitudes Supportive of Sexual Offending Predict Recidivism
College Women’s Experiences of Sexual Coercion
An acquaintance rape education program for students transitioning to high school
Sexual violence perceptions among Christian college students
Bystander Intervention in the Ivory Coast
Who’s to blame? Exploring collective emotions between shared guilt and anger
Machismo, Rape Myths, and Sexual Violence
Female-to-male to mistress
Campus climate surveys
Escala de Crenças sobre Violência Sexual (ECVS)
Classer des viols
Commentary on Jamie L. Callahan’s “Manifestations of Power and Control
“Putting His Off-Field Issues Aside…”
What do we know about the effectiveness of juror education in rape and serious sexual offence trials
Against our will
The second assault
The Belief in a Just World
The Inventory of Beliefs about Wife Beating
Rape Myths, Rape Definitions, and Probability of Conviction
Crime and Social Justice
Characteristics of aggressors against women
Date rape and sexual aggression in dating situations
Rape
Male Responses to Female Aggression
Influence of Rock Videos on Attitudes of Violence against Women
Validation of Rape Myth Acceptance Scale
Tolerance of Rape
Psychotherapists' Knowledge About and Attitudes Toward Sexual Assault Victim Clients
The Attitudes Toward Rape Victims Scale
The Effects of Sexually Violent Rock Music on Males' Acceptance of Violence Against Women
The Hidden Rape Victim
Dating, Drinking, and Rape
Gender and racial differences in the acceptance of rape myths within a college population
Hispanic and majority student attitudes toward forcible date rape as a function of differences in attitudes toward women
Attitudes toward sex-roles
The effects of rape myth pornography on women's attitudes and the mediating role of sex role stereotyping
Sexual harassment proclivities in men
When a kiss is not just a kiss
Nonstranger sexual aggression
Rape knowledge and propensity to rape
The effects of aggressive pornography on beliefs in rape myths
A comparison of androgynous, masculine sex-typed, and undifferentiated males on dimensions of attitudes toward rape
Self-rated likelihood of raping and the social perception of rape
Self-reported likelihood of sexually aggressive behavior
Violent pornography and self-reported likelihood of sexual aggression
Attitudes toward rape among mental health professionals
Against Our Will. Men, Women and Rape
Gender Differences in Students' Attitudes toward Rape
Exposure to sexually explicit materials and attitudes toward rape
Informational requests about male and female targets
Debriefing effectiveness following exposure to pornographic rape depictions
The attraction to sexual aggression scale
The attraction to sexual aggression scale
Attitudes toward rape
Exposure to pornography and attitudes about women and rape
Pornography, erotica, and attitudes toward women
Coercive sexual fantasies of college men as predictors of self‐reported likelihood to rape and overt sexual aggression
Attitudes toward rape
Social Perception of the Rape Victim's Culpability
The Relationships of Observer Characteristics to Beliefs in the Causal Responsibility of Victims of Sexual Assault
Beliefs about rape and women's social roles
College student attitudes toward forcible date rape
Factor analysis of the Multiple Affect Adjective Check List
Adjustment to rape
Victim attributions and post-rape trauma
Effects of long-term exposure to violent and sexually degrading depictions of women
Cultural myths and supports for rape
Sex role stereotyping and reactions to depictions of stranger versus acquaintance rape
Expert psychological testimony in rape trials
Measurement of empathy toward rape victims and rapists
Discriminant analysis of risk factors for sexual victimization among a national sample of college women
Tolerance for Sexual Harassment Related to Self-Reported Sexual Victimization
Feminist Rape Education
Physiological Desensitization and Judgments About Female Victims of Violence
Perceived male sex orientation and beliefs about rape
| Unique citing works | 443 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 13,84 |
| Citation span | 1994 - 2026 (33) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | Yes |
| Citation types | Neutral: 437 |