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Gender Versus Gender Role in Attributions of Blame for a Sexual Assault 1
Author(s) -
Kahn Arnold S.,
Rodgers Kimberly A.,
Martin Charley,
Malick Kiah,
Claytor Jamie,
Gandolfo Maria,
Seay Rebecca,
McMillan Jacklyn R.,
Webne Ellen
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of applied social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.822
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1559-1816
pISSN - 0021-9029
DOI - 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2010.00711.x
Subject(s) - blame , attribution , psychology , social psychology , developmental psychology
To examine whether gender differences in attributions of blame for a sexual assault are a result of gender differences in identification with members of their own gender or identification with gender roles (men identifying with the powerful assailant and women with the less powerful victim), women ( n = 177) and men ( n = 128) made attributions of blame for an assault in which the assailant's gender and the victim's gender were factorially manipulated. Regardless of the gender of the assailant and victim, women identified more with the victim, while men identified more with the assailant. Consistent with a modified defensive attribution hypothesis, women blamed the assailant more than did men; however, no significant effects were found for victim blame.