CONTEXT Affirmative consent standards adopted by colleges and universities are meant to
decrease miscommunication that may lead to sexual assault. However, they may not take …

To work toward the effective eradication of campus sexual assault (CSA), it is imperative that
scholars, practitioners, and policymakers gain a better understanding of what is known, via …

Abstract The Ambivalent Sexism Theory suggests that there are two complementary types of
sexism: hostile (subjectively negative attitude towards gender groups) and benevolent …

This report documents findings from the National Community Attitudes towards Violence
against Women Survey (NCAS) and considers them in the context of other related research …

Compared with women, men tend to blame assault victims, exonerate perpetrators, and
report higher levels of sexism and rape myths. The goal of the present study was to …

Perpetrators of interpersonal violence sometimes use denial, engage in personal attacks on
victim credibility, and assume a victimized role (Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim and Offender; …

Rape victims are frequently blamed for their own victimization, which adds to their
psychological distress. However, Chinese scholars have generally not paid attention to the …

While the lack of consent is the only determining factor in considering whether a situation is
rape or not, there is sufficient evidence that participants conflate wantedness with consent …

Participants conflate consent and wantedness when judging situations as rape (Peterson &
Muehlenhard, 2007). Pleasure might also affect how such situations might be appraised by …

Women's Lives integrates the most current research and social issues to explore the
psychological diversity of girls and women varying in age, ethnicity, social class, nationality …