Department of Psychology, Tripura University, Suryamaninagar, Tripura, 799022, India.
Arch Sex Behav. 2023 May;52(4):1855-1868. doi: 10.1007/s10508-023-02547-0. Epub 2023 Feb 8.
This research attempts to address a widely under-explained phenomenon of female rape myth acceptance (RMA) among the female population. A total number of 500 literate women from India with a mean age of 28.89 years were selected to examine the different determinants of their RMA. The research explored the important correlates of RMA among women, where the stepwise regression model revealed the significant impact of sexual desires, rejection sensitivity, loneliness, and neuroticism/emotional stability on their RMA. This further implied that women high on these four constructs run a 17.7% chance of endorsing female rape myths. The model eliminated the construct of online pornography usage, owing to its non-significant impact on RMA. Further, it was revealed that the history of prior victimization had a significant effect on the rape myths endorsed by the women. The study also reflected on the identity of the perpetrators of the women with a prior victimization history, where 55.43% reported it was perpetrated by a "known" person in their last experienced assault (and 44.57% "stranger" perpetrator). Whereas most women were victimized by "known" perpetrators, there was no significant difference in the sample's RMA, between the perpetrator identity groups (known and stranger perpetrators). The research concretely adds novel knowledge on identifying and predicting the female rape supportive attitudes among females.
这项研究试图探讨女性中普遍存在的一个未得到充分解释的现象，即女性对强奸神话的接受（RMA）。研究选取了印度的 500 名有文化的女性，平均年龄为 28.89 岁，以检验其 RMA 的不同决定因素。研究探讨了 RMA 在女性中的重要相关性，逐步回归模型显示，性欲望、拒绝敏感性、孤独感和神经质/情绪稳定性对她们的 RMA 有显著影响。这进一步表明，在这四个结构上得分较高的女性有 17.7%的可能性会支持女性强奸神话。该模型排除了网络色情使用这一结构，因为它对 RMA 没有显著影响。此外，研究还揭示了先前受害史对女性所支持的强奸神话有显著影响。该研究还反映了有先前受害史的女性的加害者身份，其中 55.43%的女性报告说，她们在上一次经历的袭击中是被“熟人”加害（44.57%是“陌生人”加害）。虽然大多数女性是被“熟人”加害，但在样本的 RMA 中，加害者身份群体（熟人和陌生人）之间没有显著差异。这项研究具体地为识别和预测女性对强奸的支持态度提供了新的知识。
