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Publication date: 13 May 2019

Exploring factors affecting attitudes towards rape survivors: the role of sexuality and religiosity

Beth Rimmer and Philip Birch

Contemporaneously, the crime of rape has experienced an increase in reporting. The majority of rape survivors continue to experience, however, extensive victimisation due…

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Purpose

Contemporaneously, the crime of rape has experienced an increase in reporting. The majority of rape survivors continue to experience, however, extensive victimisation due to biased attitudes held by many people and organisations within the general population. The paper aims to discuss these issues.

Design/methodology/approach

In a quantitative study with a sample of 176 participants, this research aimed to explore sexuality and religiosity as factors that affect attitudes towards survivors of rape.

Findings

Results indicated that negative attitudes towards rape survivors could be predicted by rape myth acceptance. While the sexuality of the victim affected attitudes towards rape survivors and negative attitudes towards survivors were also found to be predicted by high religiosity scores, analyses concluded that both males and females perceived gay male victims with more negative attitudes in comparison to lesbian rape survivors. Male participants demonstrated, overall, more negative attitudes towards rape survivors than their female counterparts. In sum, sexuality and religiosity were concluded to be crucial factors in explaining blame attributions.

Practical implications

This study indicates: (1) the effect of social correlates other than gender on rape myths; (2) the effect sexuality has on the perception of rape myths; and (3) the effect religiosity has on the perception of rape myths. This study also reveals implications for the reporting, prosecution and conviction of rape cases that may be subject to bias and discrimination due to victim characteristics other than gender.

Originality/value

Attitudes towards rape survivors based on social correlates other than gender have received little attention within existing literature and research. This paper adds to this discussion by considering the affects of sexuality and religiosity which have implications for the reporting of such a crime.

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Journal of Forensic Practice, vol. 21 no. 2
Type: Research Article
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/JFP-01-2019-0004
ISSN: 2050-8794

Keywords

  • Religiosity
  • Rape
  • Victimisation
  • Sexuality
  • Rape myth
  • Victim blaming

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Publication date: 10 October 2011

Blame and fault attributions in sexual violence: are these distinct?

Irina Anderson and Helena Bissell

This study seeks to examine whether blame and fault assigned to victims and perpetrators in a hypothetical sexual violence case are distinct conceptually, and whether they…

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This study seeks to examine whether blame and fault assigned to victims and perpetrators in a hypothetical sexual violence case are distinct conceptually, and whether they are affected by gender of participant, perpetrator and victim.

Design/methodology/approach

Participants read an incident of either female or male rape, perpetrated by either a female or a male, and assigned attributions of blame and fault to both victims and perpetrators. Participants also completed Burt's Rape Myth Acceptance Scale.

Findings

Findings showed that none of the independent variables had any effect on victim attributions of blame and fault, only affecting blame and fault assigned to perpetrators. Perpetrators of male victim rape were assigned more blame than perpetrators of female victim rape. In terms of fault: male participants reduced the amount of fault that they attributed to female perpetrators relative to male perpetrators; and female participants increased the amount of fault that they attributed to female perpetrators relative to male perpetrators. In addition, greater endorsement of traditional sex‐role attitudes and rape myths was associated with higher rape victim blame.

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Findings are discussed in relation to social norms, social categorisation theory and differential focus of specific rape victim vs rape victims in general.

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Journal of Aggression, Conflict and Peace Research, vol. 3 no. 4
Type: Research Article
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/17596591111187747
ISSN: 1759-6599

Keywords

  • Rape
  • Sexual behaviour
  • Violence
  • Blame
  • Fault
  • Gender

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Publication date: 22 December 2008

A witness to justice

Jessica Silbey

In the 1988 film The Accused, a young woman named Sarah Tobias is gang raped on a pinball machine by three men while a crowded bar watches. The rapists cut a deal with the…

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In the 1988 film The Accused, a young woman named Sarah Tobias is gang raped on a pinball machine by three men while a crowded bar watches. The rapists cut a deal with the prosecutor. Sarah's outrage at the deal convinces the assistant district attorney to prosecute members of the crowd that cheered on and encouraged the rape. This film shows how Sarah Tobias, a woman with little means and less experience, intuits that according to the law rape victims are incredible witnesses to their own victimization. The film goes on to critique what the “right” kind of witness would be. The Accused, therefore, is also about the relationship between witnessing and testimony, between seeing and the representation of that which was seen. It is about the power and responsibility of being a witness in law – one who sees and credibly attests to the truth of their vision – as it is also about what it means to bear witness to film – what can we know from watching movies.

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Studies in Law, Politics and Society
Type: Book
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/S1059-4337(2009)0000046003
ISBN: 978-1-84855-378-1

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Publication date: 16 October 2020

Woman-as-nation

Stacy Banwell

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Gender and the Violence(s) of War and Armed Conflict: More Dangerous to Be a Woman?
Type: Book
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-78769-115-520201003
ISBN: 978-1-78769-115-5

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Publication date: 17 August 2020

Introduction: Keeping Rape on the Public Agenda

Rachel Loney-Howes

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Online Anti-Rape Activism: Exploring the Politics of the Personal in the Age of Digital Media
Type: Book
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-83867-439-720201001
ISBN: 978-1-83867-442-7

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Publication date: 1 September 2015

“No Shaming This Slut”: ☆

Kelly Birch Maginot and Soma Chaudhuri

What effect does strategic frame adaptation have on movement continuation and popularity? Using a comprehensive online dataset from three North American cities, we show…

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What effect does strategic frame adaptation have on movement continuation and popularity? Using a comprehensive online dataset from three North American cities, we show how SlutWalk’s continuous strategic adaptation of frames in response to criticisms and changing political and social climates has influenced its popularity over the past three years. SlutWalk’s initial “Shame-Blame” and “Slut Celebration” frames conveyed powerful messages that catalyzed protests and generated outrage mostly from young feminists during its formative phase. However, meanings of the term “slut” varied widely across racial, cultural, and generational contexts, causing the “Slut Celebration” frame to be problematic for some micro-cohorts of feminists and leading to a decline in protest participation after initial enthusiasm waned. The campaign responded to the criticisms by minimizing the use of the word “slut” and emphasizing the more transnationally resonant “Shame-Blame” and “Pro-sex, Pro-consent frames,” resulting in increased participation and continued prominence of the SlutWalk across North America.

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Research in Social Movements, Conflicts and Change
Type: Book
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/S0163-786X20150000038005
ISBN: 978-1-78560-359-4

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  • Strategic adaptation
  • strategic framing
  • SlutWalk
  • social media

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Publication date: 17 August 2020

Consciousness-raising and Networked Anti-Rape Counter-publics

Rachel Loney-Howes

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Online Anti-Rape Activism: Exploring the Politics of the Personal in the Age of Digital Media
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-83867-439-720201005
ISBN: 978-1-83867-442-7

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Publication date: 17 August 2020

The Politics of Recognition and Representation

Rachel Loney-Howes

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Online Anti-Rape Activism: Exploring the Politics of the Personal in the Age of Digital Media
Type: Book
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-83867-439-720201007
ISBN: 978-1-83867-442-7

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Publication date: 17 August 2020

Conclusion: The Future of Anti-Rape Activism

Rachel Loney-Howes

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Online Anti-Rape Activism: Exploring the Politics of the Personal in the Age of Digital Media
Type: Book
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-83867-439-720201009
ISBN: 978-1-83867-442-7

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Publication date: 2 July 2020

Public Attitude Towards Rape Crime and the Treatment of Its Victims in Delhi City

Vibha Hetu

This chapter sets out to explore whether the lineage of social change and social development has led to any change in public attitudes towards female rape victims. People…

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This chapter sets out to explore whether the lineage of social change and social development has led to any change in public attitudes towards female rape victims. People campaigned for the amendments in the rape laws and raised their voices to support concern for the security and dignity of women but overlooked the reality of the attitudes that victims face when they seek help. Victims are continued to be seen as a scar on the fabric of society which bears strong cultural and social norms echoing patriarchal values. The research study collected data from a sample of 130 family members of female victims of rape and 100 people from areas where rapes were predominantly reported in Delhi City. The findings that follow are that: those sampled reacted insensitively to the victims of rape. In addition to this they increased control over their female family members fearing that they would be raped. For those in the study, rape continues to be viewed as bringing shame to victims and their families.

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The Emerald Handbook of Feminism, Criminology and Social Change
Type: Book
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-78769-955-720201013
ISBN: 978-1-78769-956-4

Keywords

  • Rape
  • people
  • attitude
  • shame
  • society
  • victim

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