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A Preliminary Study of Eighth Grade Students' Attitudes Toward Rape Myths and Women's Roles
Author(s) -
Boxley Jeanne,
Lawrance Lynette,
Gruchow Harvey
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
journal of school health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.851
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 1746-1561
pISSN - 0022-4391
DOI - 10.1111/j.1746-1561.1995.tb03356.x
Subject(s) - mythology , psychology , perspective (graphical) , suicide prevention , developmental psychology , injury prevention , social psychology , poison control , demography , clinical psychology , medicine , sociology , philosophy , theology , environmental health , artificial intelligence , computer science
This preliminary study examined the relationship between sex‐role stereotypes of women and beliefs in rape myths among adolescents. A 35‐item survey was completed by 211 female and males in eighth grade health classes. Findings indicate both females and males accept some rape myths and sex‐role stereotyping of women. The data also indicated an association between belief in rape myths and sex‐role stereotyping of women. Few racial and age differences emerged. The most profound differences involved gender. Most adolescents rejected rape myths, but 10% of girls and 30% of boys tended to accept rape myths. Most females (98.2%) and males (83.3%) rejected sex‐role stereotypes of women. According to feminist perspective, sex‐role stereotyping of women's role in society is associated with tolerance of sexual violence toward women.