Rape Myth Acceptance Reflects Perceptions of Media Portrayals as Similar to Others, but Not the Self.

Understanding the antecedents and consequences of rape myths is important for sexual assault prevention programming. We investigated whether general perceptions of media predict rape myth endorsement among community college students, a group with elevated sexual assault risk. Students who perceived greater similarity between people they know and people in media reported higher endorsement of rape myths that blame the victim and exonerate the accused. This relationship did not emerge for perceptions of one’s personal similarity to people in media, with the exception of men’s endorsement of myths exonerating male perpetrators.

理解强奸谬论的前因后果对于性侵犯预防计划至关重要。我们调查了大众对媒体的普遍看法是否能预测社区大学生对强奸谬论的认同，社区大学生是一个性侵犯风险较高的群体。那些认为自己认识的人与媒体中的人更相似的学生，对指责受害者和为被告开脱的强奸谬论的认同度更高。对于个人与媒体中的人相似性的看法，除了男性对为男性施暴者开脱的谬论的认同外，并没有出现这种关系。