Victim Blaming in Rape: Effects of Victim and Perpetrator Race, Type of Rape, and Participant Racism

2002 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 110-119 ◽  
Author(s):  
William H. George ◽  
Lorraine J. Martínez
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Predominantly White ◽  
Racial Stereotypes ◽  
Rape Victim ◽  
Victim Blaming ◽  
Modern Racism ◽  
Black Sexuality ◽  
Asian College Students ◽  
Modern Racism Scale ◽  
Racial Factors

Stereotypes about Black sexuality fostered hypotheses that racial factors and racism influence rape victim blaming. Predominantly White and Asian college students (170 men, 162 women) completed the Modern Racism Scale and evaluated a rape vignette varying victim race, perpetrator race, and rape type. As predicted, racial factors determined victim blaming. Compared to intraracial rapes, interracial rapes were less uniformly judged as “definitely rape” and were judged as having more culpable and less credible victims, and less culpable perpetrators. For men, racism scores positively predicted victim blaming in all rapes. For women, racism scores moderated victim blaming in interracial acquaintance rapes. In our conclusions, we emphasize the durability of racial stereotypes about rape and their influence on discriminatory adjudication outcomes.

scholarly journals Two Sides of the Same Coin: The Relationship Between Modern Racism and Rape Blaming Attitudes among Swedish Students and Community Members

2020 ◽  
pp. 003329412097815
Author(s):  
Mattias Sjöberg ◽  
Farhan Sarwar
Keyword(s):  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Rape Victim ◽  
Victim Blame ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Modern Racism ◽  
Significant Negative Relationship ◽  
Modern Racism Scale ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Perpetrator Blame

The objective of this study is to investigate the relationship between modern racism and rape victim and perpetrator blame, and rape perception. Participants from both a community population ( n = 211) and a student population ( n = 200) read a rape vignette and provided their judgements of blame towards a victim and perpetrator, their perception of the event as rape, and later answered the modern racism scale. Results showed a significant positive relationship between modern racism and rape victim blame ( r = .35, R2 [Formula: see text] 100 = 12.1%), while modern racism had a significant negative relationship with perpetrator blame ( r = −.27, R2 [Formula: see text] 100 = 7.5%) and rape perception ( r = −.29, R2 [Formula: see text] 100 = 8.7%). Implications for the criminal justice system as well as suggestions for future research were discussed.

The Blame Attributed to Rape Victims

1999 ◽  
Vol 84 (3) ◽  
pp. 880-880
Author(s):  
Melissa Pascale ◽  
David Lester
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Rape Victim ◽  
Female College Students ◽  
Rape Victims ◽  
Female College

Holding the rape victim more responsible was associated with femininity scores of both 21 male and 53 female college students.

The Effects of Exposure to Negative Social Reactions and Participant Gender on Attitudes and Behavior Toward a Rape Victim

2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 208-222 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amy L. Brown
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Behavioral Responses ◽  
Rape Victim ◽  
Participant Gender ◽  
Social Reactions ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
Attitudes And Behavior ◽  
Negative Social Reactions

Research has shown that judgments of a rape victim could be influenced by exposure to negative social reactions: students indicated less willingness to provide sympathy and support to a hypothetical rape victim when they learned she had been blamed and stigmatized. The current study, which utilized a sample of 100 college students, replicated and extended these results and showed that men were affected by others’ negative social reactions in their hypothetical judgments and in their behavioral responses to a rape victim (sitting farther away). This study demonstrates the potentially far-reaching detrimental influence of negative social reactions.

4. Racism and Domestic Violence

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angela Nemec
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Social Factors ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Racial Stereotypes ◽  
Biological Factor ◽  
Social Structural ◽  
Racial Factors ◽  
The Relationship

The purpose of the study is to investigate domestic violence within the framework of ‘race’. Specifically, its purpose is to raise awareness of the negative impact of racism in relation to violence. It will illustrate that the relationship between ‘race’ and violence is a spurious one – differences in rates of domestic violence are not due to the biological factor of ‘race’ but rather due to various social factors which impact particular racialized groups at different rates. The poster will show that racial stereotypes and other forms of racism hinder solving the problem of domestic violence by blaming racial factors instead of social structural ones.

Transitioning Courses During COVID-19

2021 ◽  
pp. 99-125
Author(s):  
Kanita K. DuCloux ◽  
Michelle S. Jones ◽  
Jeffrey D. Herron
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Predominantly White ◽  
Time Frame ◽  
Colleges And Universities ◽  
Predominantly White Institutions ◽  
Black Faculty ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
White Institutions ◽  
Face To Face Instruction ◽  
Short Time

In this chapter, three Black faculty from two different predominantly white institutions (PWIs) reflect on how they were able to successfully transition their traditional face-to-face courses to online or remote courses in a short time frame. They briefly describe the two institutions followed by a discussion of the struggles with technological issues, the benefits and disadvantages of working from home, as well as the stress of coping with COVID-19-related issues. Next, the faculty describe the strategies implemented with college students to help the students navigate the transition and be successful in their courses when all schools, colleges, and universities were forced to make the switch from traditional face-to-face instruction to online or remote teaching due to the pandemic.

Motivations

2021 ◽  
pp. 38-59
Author(s):  
Ran Wei ◽  
Ven-hwei Lo
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Motivational Factors ◽  
Media Choice ◽  
User Needs ◽  
Mobile Phone Use ◽  
News Consumption ◽  
Asian College Students

News consumption requires motivation. This chapter aims to understand user needs and expectancies as motivational factors behind the consumption of mobile news. The three identified motivations of mobile phone use—sociability, entertainment, and surveillance—reveal the underlying reasoning of Asian college students about the mobile phone as an all-in-one media choice that is essential to socialize, entertain, and stay informed. Moreover, surveillance as a civic motivation is positively related to expectancies of mobile news as being interactive and personally valuable. These motivations sought from mobile phone use and usability attributes of mobile news, both civic and practical, manifest the desire of Asian college students to access news on their phones for intentional and active consumption.

Engagement

2021 ◽  
pp. 85-116
Author(s):  
Ran Wei ◽  
Ven-hwei Lo
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
News Media ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Asian College Students ◽  
Using Data ◽  
User Motivation

How do Asian college students keep track of and interact with news on their phone? Using data from the two waves of surveys, this chapter examines the behavior and patterns of engagement with mobile news by virtue of following and sharing. It also explores the differences in news engagement attributed to demographics, motivation, and city of residence. Findings show that following and sharing mobile news are prevalent, especially in the 4G era, making consuming news on the smartphone different from that of traditional news media. The chapter concludes that engagement with mobile news results from both user motivation and the empowering tools afforded by the Internet-enabled smartphone.

Negotiations of Women’s Black and Activist Identity Through Dress on the College Campus, 2013–2019

2020 ◽  
pp. 0887302X2096880
Author(s):  
Dyese L. Matthews ◽  
Kelly L. Reddy-Best
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Black Women ◽  
Predominantly White ◽  
Black People ◽  
College Campus ◽  
Predominantly White Institutions ◽  
White Institutions ◽  
Women College Students ◽  
White Campuses ◽  
Embodied Practice

Black people, especially Black women, have used dress to reject racism and discrimination and as a means for negotiating their Black and activist identities. Building on past work, we examine how Black women use dress as an embodied practice to negotiate both their Black and activist identities. We focus on a particular space and time: campus life at predominantly White institutions during the Black Lives Matter movement era from 2013 to 2019.To achieve this purpose, we conducted 15 in-depth, semistructured wardrobe interviews with current Black women college students. Overall, we identified three themes relating to Black women college students: experiences on predominantly White campuses, negotiating Black identity through dress, and negotiating activist identity through dress. Examining how Black women negotiate identity through dress recognizes their stories as important through counter-storytelling, allowing Black women to write their own history in their own voices.

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