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RAPE MYTHS LINDSEY COFFEY

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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?