Bros Will Be Bros? The Effect of Fraternity Membership on Perceived Culpability for Sexual Assault.

Autor: Seabrook RC; 1 Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA., Ward LM; 2 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Violence against women [Violence Against Women] 2019 Oct; Vol. 25 (12), pp. 1471-1490. Date of Electronic Publication: 2018 Dec 28.
DOI: 10.1177/1077801218820196
Abstrakt: To examine the link between fraternity membership and sexual assault perpetration, we used an experimental design to assess the role of perceptions in an ambiguous sexual assault scenario. Undergraduates ( N = 408) were randomly assigned to either an experimental group where the perpetrator is a fraternity member or a control group where no fraternity information is given. Males rated perpetrators as less guilty and victims as more culpable when the perpetrator was a fraternity member, suggesting that sexual violence may be reinforced among fraternity members as they are both more likely to perpetrate sexual assault and less likely to be blamed.
Databáze: MEDLINE