NCJ Number
233746
Journal
Women and Criminal Justice Volume: 21 Issue: 1 Dated: January-March 2011 Pages: 1-20
Date Published
January 2011
Length
21 pages
Annotation
This study assessed the variance in the acceptance of traditional gender roles and rape myths among college students based upon the type of hometown in which they were raised: urban, suburban, and rural.
Abstract
Previous research on rape myths has identified a positive correlation between the acceptance of traditional gender roles and rape myths. Based on earlier research citing the prevalence of these gender roles among rural cultures, it was hypothesized that individuals from rural-farm areas would be more accepting of traditional gender roles and rape myths than their more urban counterparts. Contrary to previous literature on the rural culture milieu, the degree of rurality of one's hometown was not found to be statistically significant in relation to the acceptance of traditional gender roles and rape myths. However, consistent with past research, traditional gender role acceptance was found to be the strongest predictor of rape myth acceptance in this sample of university students. (Published Abstract) Tables, references, and appendix