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Rape Victim Blaming as System Justification: The Role of Gender and Activation of Complementary Stereotypes

Abstract  

This research examined reactions towards female rape victims from a system justification perspective. Study 1 demonstrated
that gender-related system justification motivation (Modern Sexism) predicted the propensity to blame a female rape victim
among men, but not among women. Modern sexism predicted rape victim blaming among men even when statistically controlling
for a general antipathy towards women, and the results were unaffected by social desirability concerns. Consistent with previous
study on system justification theory, we demonstrated in Study 2 that system justification motivation can predict victim blaming
also among women, provided that complementary stereotypes about women have been activated. By contrast, system justification
motivation predicted men’s propensity to blame a rape victim irrespective of whether complementary stereotypes about women
had been experimentally activated.

  • Content Type Journal Article
  • DOI 10.1007/s11211-010-0117-0
  • Authors
    • Tomas Ståhl, Section for Social and Organizational Psychology, Institute for Psychological Research, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9555, 2300 RB Leiden, The Netherlands
    • Daniel Eek, Göteborg University, Göteborg, Sweden
    • Ali Kazemi, University of Skövde, Skövde, Sweden
    • Journal Social Justice Research
    • Online ISSN 1573-6725
    • Print ISSN 0885-7466
Posted in: Journal Article Abstracts on 11/12/2010 | Link to this post on IFP |
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