Open AccessBlaming sexual violence victims in the context of internalized sexism and female intragender hostility
Author(s) -
Biljana Simeunović-Patić
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
sociologija
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.174
H-Index - 8
eISSN - 2406-0712
pISSN - 0038-0318
DOI - 10.2298/soc2104688s
Subject(s) - hostility , credibility , sexual violence , psychology , social psychology , context (archaeology) , population , criminology , sociology , political science , demography , law , paleontology , biology
Blaming women victims of sexual violence is a widespread, stubborn and serious problem. The discourse on ?guilt? and the credibility of victims based on rape myths is common and universal, and the same is true for the phenomenon of intra-female victim blaming. This paper focuses on existing knowledge on the origins and key features of internalized sexism and female intra-gender hostility, which are assumed to generate the most of sexual violence victims? blaming by other women from the general population, as well as by women who professionally come in contact with the victims of sexual offenses.