Rape Mythology and Victim Blaming as a Social Construct

Comparing Rape Myth Acceptance Among Police Trainees and Medical Students: A Preliminary Danish Validation of the Updated Illinois Rape Myth Acceptance Scale

“…However, given that previous IRMA validations have shown that social desirability does not appear to predict rape stereotypes or impact the predictive value of RMA, this may not be a serious concern (Bendixen & Kennair, 2017). Future investigations may nonetheless benefit from the development of more implicit attitude measurements and the comparison of findings generated using different measurement approaches (Ryan, 2019).…”

“…about its causes, context, consequences, perpetrators, victims and their interaction) that serve to deny, downplay or justify sexual violence … " (Bohner et al, 2009, p. 19). Typically, rape myths are framed as cognitive schemas that act to guide the interpretation and organization of rape-related information, and consciously and/or unconsciously shape social evaluations and decision making processes in relation to sexual assault (Ryan, 2019). Common rape myths include the belief that victims cause the assault by their attire or behavior, that many women are inclined to lie about rape, and that rape happens because men cannot control their sexual desires.…”

“…Mean differences in total and subscale scores are investigated using independent samples t tests with Bonferroni corrected p values run in IBM SPSS Statistics software version 25 (IBM Corporation, 2017). Due to previously established gender differences in RMA (Ryan, 2019) and considerable variation in the gender breakdown of our two occupational groups, any significant group differences are also explored using ordinary least squares (OLS) regression controlling for gender. Descriptive analyses of total IRMA-DK scores showed relatively low levels of RMA among both police trainees (M = 2.17, SD = 0.41) and medical students (M = 1.87, SD = 0.48).…”

Umgang mit Ängsten als Folge mediatisierter sexualisierter Gewalt: D

“…An dieser Stelle möchten wir hervorheben, dass Mädchen allerdings ebenso häufig sozial geächtet werden. Begünstigend wirken gemeingültig betroffenenbelastende und täter*innenentlastende Vergewaltigungsmythen 1 wie etwa die angebliche Provokation von Männern durch das Tragen aufreizender Kleidung oder die Unkontrollierbarkeit männlicher Sexualtriebe sowie heteronormative und hegemoniale Geschlechterrollenbilder (Helfferich et al, 2017;Ryan, 2019). In Anbetracht dessen ist es ebenso denkbar, dass D. befürchtet, infolge einer Verbreitung der Videoaufnahmen als "Opfer" (gleichgeschlechtlicher Erniedrigung) gebrandmarkt zu werden.…”

“…(ebd., S. 14). Sie dienen der persönlichen Angstbewältigung, der subjektiven Konstruktion von Sicherheit und ermöglichen die Illusion einer gerechten und sicheren Welt (Ryan, 2019). demütigen, zu beschämen oder in ihrer Ehre zu verletzen (Vobbe & Kärgel, im Druck).…”