Sexual Assault on the College Campus

2012 ◽  
Vol 39 (11) ◽  
pp. 1457-1480 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cortney A. Franklin ◽  
Leana Allen Bouffard ◽  
Travis C. Pratt
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Assault ◽  
Sexual Violence ◽  
Peer Relationships ◽  
Peer Support ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Theory Of Crime ◽  
Male Peer ◽  
Male Peer Support ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Support Model

Research on college sexual assault has focused on offender behavior to understand why men perpetrate sexual violence. Dominant theories have incorporated forms of male peer support, paying particular attention to the impact of rape-supportive social relationships on woman abuse. In contrast, Gottfredson and Hirschi’s general theory of crime proposes that low self-control predicts crime and other related life outcomes—including the kinds of antisocial peer relationships that the male peer support model contends causes sexual violence. The exclusion of measures of self-control on sexual assault may result in a misspecified peer support model. Accordingly, the current research empirically tests Schwartz and DeKeseredy’s male peer support model and examines the role of self-control in the larger male peer support model of sexual assault. Implications for theory and research are discussed.

Explaining Separation/Divorce Violence against Women

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Walter S. Dekeseredy ◽  
Molly Dragiewicz ◽  
Martin D. Schwartz
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Assault ◽  
Peer Support ◽  
Violence Against Women ◽  
The Social ◽  
Economic Exclusion ◽  
Male Peer ◽  
Social Scientific ◽  
Masculinity Crisis ◽  
Male Peer Support ◽  
Support Model

This chapter reviews widely read and cited social scientific theories of separation and divorce violence against women. Explanations covered include the male proprietariness thesis, the challenge thesis, a feminist/male peer support model of separation and divorce sexual assault, a rural masculinity crisis/male peer support model of separation/divorce sexual assault, and the social and economic exclusion model of separation/divorce woman abuse in public housing.

Thinking Critically About Rural Gender Relations: Toward a Rural Masculinity Crisis/Male Peer Support Model of Separation/Divorce Sexual Assault

2007 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 295-311 ◽  
Author(s):  
Walter DeKeseredy ◽  
Joseph F. Donnermeyer ◽  
Martin D. Schwartz ◽  
Kenneth D. Tunnell ◽  
Mandy Hall
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Assault ◽  
Peer Support ◽  
Gender Relations ◽  
Male Peer ◽  
Masculinity Crisis ◽  
Male Peer Support ◽  
Support Model

An Economic Exclusion/Male Peer Support Model Looks at “Wedfare” and Woman Abuse

2006 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Walter S. Dekeseredy ◽  
Shahid Alvi ◽  
Martin D. Schwartz
Keyword(s):  
Peer Support ◽  
Woman Abuse ◽  
Economic Exclusion ◽  
Male Peer ◽  
Male Peer Support ◽  
Support Model

Male peer support and a feminist routing activities theory: Understanding sexual assault on the college campus

2001 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 623-649 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin D. Schwartz ◽  
Walter S. DeKeseredy ◽  
David Tait ◽  
Shahid Alvi
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Assault ◽  
Peer Support ◽  
College Campus ◽  
Male Peer ◽  
Male Peer Support

Male Peer Support to Hostile Sexist Attitudes Influences Rape Proclivity

2016 ◽  
Vol 33 (14) ◽  
pp. 2180-2196 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mercedes Durán ◽  
Jesús L. Megías ◽  
Miguel Moya
Keyword(s):  
Peer Support ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Peer Group ◽  
Ambivalent Sexism ◽  
Hostile Sexism ◽  
Group Condition ◽  
Male Peer ◽  
Rape Proclivity ◽  
Male Peer Support ◽  
The Impact

Sexual assault affects a large proportion of women in the world. Although most rapes are committed by one man, the act itself may be influenced by many (e.g., the peer group). Hostile sexism (HS) has repeatedly been associated with men’s rape proclivity, but the influence exerted by the HS of the peer group on rape proclivity has not been investigated. In this study, we explored the impact of perceived male peer support to HS on participants’ rape proclivity. A sample of Spanish undergraduate students from a university in the south of Spain ( N = 134) completed the Ambivalent Sexism Inventory. Immediately afterwards, they received feedback on the supposed sexist responses of a peer group (high vs. low in HS); we kept the benevolent sexism (BS) of the peer group at medium levels. Next, we assessed participants’ rape proclivity using acquaintance rape scenarios. Results showed an interaction between participants’ own levels of HS and information about the HS of the peer group. Men high in HS reported higher rape proclivity in the high-HS peer-group condition than in the low-HS peer-group condition. By contrast, information on the peer group did not affect self-reported rape proclivity of men low in HS. Results also corroborated the relationship between participants’ levels of HS and rape proclivity, and expanded the literature by revealing an unexpected influence of participants’ BS on rape proclivity.

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