2011/08/30 by Michelle Davies, Kerry Austen, Paul Rogers · 1 citation
Social Sciences · Psychology · Medicine · #Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies #Gender Roles and Identity Studies #Gender, Feminism, and Media #Psychology #Blame #Attribution #Sexual orientation #Sexual assault #Social psychology #Preference #Developmental psychology #Injury prevention #Poison control #Medical emergency #Medicine
paper · doi:10.1080/00224545.2010.522617
openalex publication_date 2011/08/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/29
The study investigated the impact of victim sexual orientation, perpetrator gender, and participant gender on judgements toward a 15-year-old male victim of a depicted sexual assault. One hundred and eight-eight participants (97 male, 91 female) read a hypothetical scenario depicting the sexual assault of a 15-year-old male victim where the victim's sexual orientation and the perpetrator's gender were varied between subjects. Participants then completed a questionnaire assessing their attributions toward both the victim and the perpetrator. Results revealed that male participants blamed the victim more than female participants when the victim was both gay and attacked by a male perpetrator. All participants, regardless of gender, made more positive judgements toward the female as opposed to male perpetrator. Results are discussed in relation to gender role stereotypes and homophobia.