Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom.
Department of Psychology, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, Louisiana, United States of America.
PLoS One. 2018 Jun 28;13(6):e0199808. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0199808. eCollection 2018.
Sexual aggression is prevalent and damaging in our culture, and sources of support or blame following an attack of this kind can be important influences on the recovery process. This pair of studies investigate the nature of women's blame reactions towards survivors of sexual aggression, as well as the potential for provision of sympathy and support. Specifically, we focused on the previously neglected role of female self-objectification. It was expected that increased self-objectification would lead to decreased sympathy and support, and more rape victim blame. However, results of Study 1 showed that chronic self-objectification was actually related to higher levels of sympathy and support for a rape victim. Study two built upon the limitations of study one, and examined similar questions. It was expected that women who engaged in greater self-objectification would again show greater sympathy and support for the victim, replicating study one's results, and this was supported with a different scale. The overall relationship between self-objectification and sympathy and support was driven by body-relevant control beliefs. Implications and future directions are discussed.
性侵犯在我们的文化中普遍存在且具有破坏性，而在遭受这种攻击后，支持或指责的来源可能会对恢复过程产生重要影响。这两项研究调查了女性对性侵犯幸存者的指责反应的性质，以及同情和支持的可能性。具体来说，我们专注于女性自我客体化这一先前被忽视的角色。我们预计，自我客体化程度的增加会导致同情和支持的减少，以及对强奸受害者的指责增加。然而，研究 1 的结果表明，慢性自我客体化实际上与对强奸受害者更高水平的同情和支持有关。研究二建立在研究一的局限性基础上，探讨了类似的问题。我们预计，自我客体化程度较高的女性会再次对受害者表现出更大的同情和支持，这与研究一的结果一致，并且这一结果得到了另一个量表的支持。自我客体化与同情和支持之间的总体关系由与身体相关的控制信念驱动。讨论了其意义和未来方向。
