Victim's Provocativeness and Victim's Attractiveness as Determinants of Blame in Rape
Recent studies of rape have emphasized the attractiveness of the victim as a determinant in people's judgments of the victim's blameworthiness. The present study provided 120 undergraduates with four hypothetical rape stories in which the victim's pre-rape behavior and attractiveness were independently varied. The results indicate that the victim's attractiveness is not a determining factor of the victim's blameworthiness when subjects are given descriptions of victim's pre-rape behavior. The results were discussed in the context of a “just world” hypothesis.
1982 ◽
Vol 10
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pp. 57-61
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2017 ◽
Vol 27
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pp. 312-323
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2019 ◽
Vol 49
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pp. 213-225
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