Sexual Assault

Understanding Sexual Assault and Victim-blaming
Victim blaming in rape: Effects of victim and perpetrator race, type of rape, and participant racism
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Victim blaming in rape: Effects of victim and perpetrator race, type of rape, and participant racism

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…

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