Historically, many studies have examined rape victim blaming among various observers,
using a vignette methodology in which victim characteristics were manipulated. However, a …

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 …

Informed by moral typecasting theory, we predicted a gender bias in harm evaluation, such
that women are more easily categorized as victims and men as perpetrators. Study 1 …

Prior research shows that individual perceptions of victims play an integral role in the
societal response to domestic violence, as well as victims' responses to their own …

Sexual aggression is a persistent and prevalent issue in the United States, which often
results in a number of psychological, emotional, and physical consequences for victims. The …

Unwelcome touching, gro**, and kissing are illegal, but widely tolerated in public drinking
settings. This contingency in the law's response means that patrons routinely negotiate the …

The purpose of the current study is to examine the influence of multiple offender motivations
(including no indication of a motivation), relationship length, and gender role beliefs on …

The term «victim blame» refers to people's tendency to consider the victim of an aggressive
and/or sexual attack at least partially responsible for being victimized (Kent, 2003). The first …

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

This article presents an overview of empirical research on the role of observer variables in
rape victim blaming (female attacked by a male perpetrator). The focus is on literature from …