Open AccessShe deserved it: Analysis of variables that influence the accountability of victims of sexual violence
Author(s) -
Layanne Vieira Linhares,
Ana Raquel Rosas Torres
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
acta colombiana de psicologia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.188
H-Index - 11
ISSN - 1909-9711
DOI - 10.14718/acp.2022.25.1.14
Subject(s) - attribution , ambivalence , psychology , normative , social psychology , sexual violence , accountability , just world hypothesis , criminology , political science , law
This article aims to analyze the effect of the combination of the variables - victim characteristics (skin color and normativity), observer sex, Belief in a Just World, and ambivalent sexism - on sexual violence victim blaming. Three studies were conducted with university students (Study 1, N=288; Study 2, N=226; Study 3, N=307), who were asked to answer some items on victim blaming, Belief in a Just World, and Ambivalent Sexism. The ANOVA and ANCOVA analyses have shown that the combination of these variables resulted in higher black and counter-normative victim blaming. The results confirmed that victim skin color, victim normativity, and the observer sex influence victim blaming for sexual violence (study 1); that bjw predicts the attribution of the victim’s accountability for sexual violence (study 2), and that only benevolent sexism, together with bjw, was responsible for predicting victim blaming for sexual violence (study 3).