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RAPE MYTHS
LINDSEY COFFEY
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LEGAL DEFINITION
“The penetration of a vagina, mouth or anus with a MANS
penis”
(Rape Crisis, 2013)
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WHY DID I CHOOSE
THIS TOPIC?
Time to make a change
Aim to improve the conviction rate for rape
Made me angry
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INTRODUCTION
Burt (1980)
Payne, Lonsway and Fitzgerald (1999)
Are these ideas still relevant today?
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HYPOTHESES
Age – younger participants will believe less than older
participants. (H1)
Gender – women will believe less rape myths than men. (H2)
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HYPOTHESES
Religious belief – those who follow a religion will believe
more rape myths. (H3)
Strength of religious belief – those who have a strict religious
belief will believe more rape myths. (H4)
Parenthood – parents will believe less rape myths. (H5)
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METHOD – MATERIALS
AND PROCESSES
Condensed Rape Myth Acceptance Scale
3 conditions and 20 questions
It wasn’t rape, rape is a deviant event, he didn’t mean to.
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METHOD -
PARTICIPANTS
130 participants 126 participants indicated a
religious belief these included
75 female Christian
50 male Muslim
5 did not disclose Buddhist
C of E
77 parents Follower of Christ
53 non-parents
Aged from 16-79
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RESULTS H1
Age – no correlation found
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RESULTS H2
Gender – women were found to believe less rape myths
within category one (it wasn’t really rape).
However gender made no difference within categories two
and three
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RESULTS H3
Religious Belief – was shown to have no effect on a
participants rape myth acceptance score
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RESULTS H4
Strength of religious belief;
• Minimal
• Strict
• Very strict
Those with a strong religious belief believed more rape myths than
those with a minimal religious believe in category one but not in
category 2 or 3.
Major differences were however
found between the conditions
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RESULTS H5
Parents were found to believe more rape myths than non-
parents in the category of rape is a deviant event.
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CONCLUSIONS
What I would change next time
Future Research
Male Rape myths
Jury selection
Educate our Younger generations
Muir, Lonsway and Payne (1996)
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FINAL THOUGHT
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REFERENCES
Burt, M. (1980). Cultural myths and supports for rape. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 38(2), 217-230.
Payne, D., Lonsway, K., & Fitzgerald, L. (1999). Rape Myth Acceptance: Exploration of Its Structure and Its Measurements Using the Illinois Rape Myth Acceptance Scale. Journal of Research in Personality, 33, 27-68.
Muir, G., Lonsway, K., & Payne, D. (1996). Rape Myth Acceptance Among Scottish and American Students. The Journal of Social Psychology, 136(2), 261-262.
Rape Crisis, (2013). Rape Statistics. Retrieved from Rape Crisis England and Wales: http://www.rapecrisis.org.uk/
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THANK YOU FOR
LISTENING
ANY QUESTIONS?