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Evaluating Rape Myths at a Midwestern University

Moore, Brittany
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1471533323

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2016, Master of Arts (MA), Ohio University, Sociology (Arts and Sciences).
This research draws on survey data gathered from 234 undergraduate students to understand if rape myths are still endorsed. Previous research shows that students in general are prone to endorse rape myths. The current study uses the theoretical framework of radical feminist theory to evaluate the extent to which students, both women and men, endorse rape myths, as well as to see if fraternity members and male intercollegiate athletes have higher endorsement rates of rape myth acceptance. The findings indicate that there is an overall disagreement with rape myths, but certain subscales and myths were more likely to be endorsed than others. Additionally, men were prone to higher endorsement rates than women. However, there was no significant difference in fraternity members’ rape myth acceptance rates when compared to men who weren’t fraternity members. Furthermore, there was not large enough of a sample to make a conclusion comparing male college athletes’ myth acceptance rates to male non-athletes.
Cynthia Anderson (Committee Co-Chair)
Christine Mattley (Committee Co-Chair)
Thomas Vander Ven (Committee Member)
88 p.
Sociology
rape; sexual assault; sexual assault on campus; campus rape; rape myths; rape culture; patriarchy; rape myth; rape myth survey; feminism; radical feminist theory

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  • Moore, B. (2016). Evaluating Rape Myths at a Midwestern University [Master's thesis, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1471533323

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Moore, Brittany. Evaluating Rape Myths at a Midwestern University. 2016. Ohio University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1471533323.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Moore, Brittany. "Evaluating Rape Myths at a Midwestern University." Master's thesis, Ohio University, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1471533323

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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