While victim-blaming isn’t entirely universal, in some ways, it is a natural psychological reaction to crime. Not everyone who engages in victim-blaming explicitly accuses someone of failing to prevent what happened to them. In fact,…
Domestic violence and sexual abuse are often called “women’s issues.” But in this bold, blunt talk, Jackson Katz points out that these are intrinsically men’s issues — and shows how these violent behaviors are tied…
This article reviews research literature examining the effects of key factors that influence individual’s attitudes towards victims of rape. The impact of rape myths, gender roles and substance use on attributions of blame in cases…
Stereotypes about Black sexuality fostered hypotheses that racial factors and racism influence rape victim blaming. Compared to intraracial rapes, interracial rapes were less uniformly judged as “definitely rape” and were judged as having more culpable…