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Abstract
Conducted a factorial or construct complexity investigation of rape myths and other rape-supportive beliefs as measured by a rape-myth acceptance scale, an acceptance of interpersonal violence scale, and an adversarial sexual beliefs scale. 450 male undergraduates completed a 118-item questionnaire containing items from each scale. Analysis showed that attitudes hypothesized to support rape were complex and multidimensional. Findings show that the tendency to disbelieve victim rape reports was associated with considering sex an important activity, using pornography, and rating one's self as sexually knowledgeable, yet simultaneously reporting little overall sex experience and relative absence of significant relationships with members of the other sex. Ss who believed male dominance over females to be justified rated sex as an important activity yet defined themselves as sexually conservative and sexually inhibited. Sexual inhibition was predictive of 3 types of rape-supportive beliefs. (3 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)
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