Lopez Alejandra, Nomamiukor Faith O, Heinlein Emily S, Wisco Blair E
Department of Psychology, University of North Carolina, Greensboro.
Psychol Trauma. 2025 Jun;17(Suppl 1):S115-S123. doi: 10.1037/tra0001861. Epub 2025 Jan 27.
Media portrayals of sexual violence have been associated with greater rape myth acceptance (RMA). The present study examined how social media posts rejecting or endorsing rape myths affected RMA and negative affect (NA), and moderating roles of gender and political affiliation.
Participants were randomized into one of three simulated Facebook newsfeed conditions that were supportive of sexual trauma survivors (#MeToo), supportive of men falsely accused of rape (#HimToo), or unrelated to sexual violence (control). Participants completed the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule before and after the social media induction and the Updated Illinois Rape Myth Acceptance Scale following the induction.
We found significant effects of condition on total RMA, (2, 510) = 3.33, = .037, and three of four RMA subscales, s > 2.8, s ≤ .05. Follow-up tests indicated that #MeToo did not significantly differ from control, but that #HimToo reported significantly higher RMA than control for total RMA, β = 4.45, = .01, and the three significant subscales, βs > .08, s ≤ .02. Further, NA significantly decreased for control and #MeToo, but not #HimToo. Effects of condition were not moderated by gender or political affiliation for either RMA or NA.
Our findings suggest that limited exposure to #MeToo posts does not affect RMA, but that #HimToo posts consistent with rape myths may increase RMA and sustain NA for both men and women and for Democrat- and Republican-identifying participants. Further research should focus on how best to counter these harmful social media effects and extend our findings to nonstudent diverse samples. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).
媒体对性暴力的描绘与更高的强奸谬见认可（RMA）有关。本研究考察了拒绝或支持强奸谬见的社交媒体帖子如何影响强奸谬见认可和负面影响（NA），以及性别和政治归属的调节作用。
参与者被随机分配到三种模拟的脸书新闻推送条件之一，即支持性创伤幸存者（#MeToo）、支持被错误指控强奸的男性（#HimToo）或与性暴力无关（对照组）。参与者在社交媒体诱导前后完成正负性情绪量表，并在诱导后完成更新后的伊利诺伊州强奸谬见认可量表。
我们发现条件对总强奸谬见认可有显著影响，F(2, 510) = 3.33，p = .037，以及四个强奸谬见认可子量表中的三个，F值 > 2.8，p值 ≤ .05。后续测试表明，#MeToo与对照组没有显著差异，但#HimToo在总强奸谬见认可方面的报告显著高于对照组，β = 4.45，p = .01，以及三个显著的子量表，β值 > .08，p值 ≤ .02。此外，对照组和#MeToo的负面影响显著降低，但#HimToo没有。条件对强奸谬见认可或负面影响的影响不受性别或政治归属的调节。
我们的研究结果表明，有限接触#MeToo帖子不会影响强奸谬见认可，但与强奸谬见一致的#HimToo帖子可能会增加强奸谬见认可，并使男性和女性以及认同民主党和共和党的参与者持续存在负面影响。进一步的研究应关注如何最好地应对这些有害的社交媒体影响，并将我们的研究结果扩展到非学生的多样化样本。（PsycInfo数据库记录（c）2025美国心理学会，保留所有权利）
