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Perceptions of Incapacitated Heterosexual Sexual Assault: Influences of Relationship Status, Perpetrator Intoxication, and Post-Assault Sleeping Arrangements
Violence Against Women
  • Trent W. Maurer, Georgia Southern University
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
10-29-2015
DOI
10.1177/1077801215612599
Abstract

This investigation explored college students’ victim-blaming behaviors in perceptions of incapacitated rape. Participants received a vignette about a man who had sexual intercourse with a woman who had lost consciousness due to alcohol, with the conditions varied across the vignettes: the relationship between the parties, the alcohol use of the man, and the post-assault sleeping arrangements. Results revealed that when the man was a stranger, participants attributed less responsibility for the incident to him, but were more likely to label the incident as “rape.” Neither the alcohol use of the man nor the post-assault sleeping arrangements significantly influenced participants’ perceptions.

Citation Information
Trent W. Maurer. "Perceptions of Incapacitated Heterosexual Sexual Assault: Influences of Relationship Status, Perpetrator Intoxication, and Post-Assault Sleeping Arrangements" Violence Against Women Vol. 22 Iss. 7 (2015) p. 780 - 797
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/trent_maurer/202/