It’s Her Fault

Hayes, Rebecca M; Abbott, Rebecca; Cook, Savannah

doi:10.1177/1077801216630147

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“…Lad culture is typified by heavy drinking and has links to victimblaming, which may influence the effectiveness of sexual assault prevention programmes (McMahon, 2010). Previous research from the US suggests that rape myths are accepted at a higher rate by men than women and there is a correlation between drinking and rape myth acceptance among men (Hayes, Abbott, & Cook, 2016). UK students tend to drink at harmful levels (Davoren, Demant, Shiely, & Perry, 2016) and so an exploration of attitudes towards the link between sexual assault and alcohol consumption is warranted.…”

Section: Attitudes and Culturementioning

confidence: 99%

Awareness and support: students’ views about the prevention of sexual assault on UK campuses

Camp

Sherlock-Smith

Davies

2018

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Purpose Sexual assault is prevalent on UK University campuses, and prevention efforts are being increased. However, at present there is limited evidence about UK students’ attitudes towards sexual assault prevention and what they think should be done to effectively address the issue. The purpose of this paper is to explore these views to provide a foundation for the development of a new intervention. Design/methodology/approach A cross-sectional anonymous online survey was completed by 515 students (73 per cent women; M age: 21.56; 79 per cent heterosexual; and 82.9 per cent white). There were quantitative questions about experiences of sexual assault, attitudes towards sexual consent and victim blaming. Qualitative data were collected regarding participants’ views on what universities should do to target sexual assault. Findings In line with previous studies, the authors found evidence of commonplace and normalised sexual assault behaviours. Women had more positive attitudes towards explicit consent than men, and were less likely to blame victims of sexual assault who had been drinking. Consent behaviour was predicted by positive views towards consent and lower levels of blaming. Themes relating to “awareness”, “attitudes”, “environment” and “opposition” were identified in the qualitative data. Practical implications Findings highlight the importance of engaging with students to develop effective prevention measures. Students are likely to find university-led prevention strategies acceptable, but this topic needs to be addressed in the context of the prevailing culture, which may provide an environment where certain behaviours are tolerated. New prevention programmes need to treat the issue as one that is relevant to all students and not just target men as perpetrators and women as victims. Such strategies need to do more than treat this as an isolated issue, to which the solution is re-education about the meaning of consent. Originality/value There is at present a lack of research evidence about UK students’ views on sexual assault prevention. This exploratory survey highlights areas for consideration when developing new interventions.

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Section: Attitudes and Culturementioning

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Awareness and support: students’ views about the prevention of sexual assault on UK campuses

Camp

Sherlock-Smith

Davies

2018

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“…Our evaluation of BitB adds to the present body of research demonstrating that male students are consistently more likely to endorse rape myths than their female peers regardless of university context and previous training (e.g., Hayes, Abbott, & Cook, 2016) and regardless of participating in bystander training in same-sex or mixedsex groups. With this in mind, administrators could choose to implement additional targeted education programs for male students (e.g.…”

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confidence: 73%

The effectiveness of the Bringing in the Bystander™ program among first-year students at a religiously-affiliated liberal arts college

Inman

Chaudoir

Galvinhill

et al. 2018

J. Soc. Polit. Psych.

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To address sexual assault, many universities are implementing Bringing in the Bystander™ (BitB) training, a prevention program that aims to improve participants’ bystander self-efficacy and reduce rape myth acceptance. Although growing evidence supports the efficacy of BitB, data primarily have been amassed at one large public university, the University of New Hampshire, limiting the generalizability of intervention effectiveness. To address this gap, we made modifications to training structure and assessed BitB effectiveness among first-year students at a private Jesuit Catholic liberal arts college in Massachusetts. Using a within-subjects pre-/post-test survey design, we found that students’ (N = 164) bystander self-efficacy significantly increased and rape myth acceptance significantly decreased following training. Results indicate that BitB implementation is feasible and effective on a new campus despite modest modifications to training delivery and despite differences in religious affiliation, median income, and class size between the two campuses.

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“…Erkekler cinsel şiddeti haklı çıkarmak için, kadınlar ise tecavüz karşısında güçsüzlüklerini inkâr etmek için tecavüz mitlerine inanmaktadır. (15) Literatürde çalışmaların çoğunda erkeklerin kadınlara göre tecavüz mitlerini daha fazla kabul ettiği saptanmıştır. (14)(15)(16)(17) Jamshed ve Kamal'in (11) Pakistan'daki çalışmalarında, katılımcıların %76.8'inin tecavüz mitlerine inandıkları ve tecavüzün aynı zamanda erkeklerin kadın üzerindeki gücünün bir göstergesi olarak kabul edildiği belirlenmiştir.…”

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University Students’ Views on Rape Myths

Yılmaz¹,

Öskay²

2020

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INTRODUCTION: This study aimed to determine the level of acceptance of rape myths by university students and the students’ views on rape. METHODS: The population of this cross-sectional descriptive study consisted of 408 students aged 18 and older who volunteered to participate in the study between January and March 2018. Data were collected using a personal information form containing demographic characteristics and the Illinois Rape Myths Acceptance Scale. Descriptive statistical analyzes, Kruskal–Wallis test and Mann–Whitney U test were used to evaluate the data. RESULTS: The total score of the Illinois Rape Myths Acceptance Scale was found to be low in the study. Male students and rural inhabitants were more likely to accept rape myths. It was found that students who believed that mass media encouraged gender discrimination accepted rape myths more than those who did not. It was found that female students took more protective measures when going out at night than male students and that female students believed mass media encouraged gender discrimination more than male students. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION: The fact that there is a low rate of accepting rape myths among university students and believing in gender discrimination shows the importance of raising public awareness on this issue.

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It’s Her Fault

Cited by 60 publications

References 56 publications

Awareness and support: students’ views about the prevention of sexual assault on UK campuses

Awareness and support: students’ views about the prevention of sexual assault on UK campuses

The effectiveness of the Bringing in the Bystander™ program among first-year students at a religiously-affiliated liberal arts college

University Students’ Views on Rape Myths

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