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The Effect of Peripheral Cues on the Judgement of Rape Cases : Focused on Marital Rape

Korean Journal of Social and Personality Psychology / Korean Journal of Social and Personality Psychology, (P)1229-0653;
2012, v.26 no.1, pp.47-73
https://doi.org/10.21193/kjspp.2012.26.1.004


& (2012). The Effect of Peripheral Cues on the Judgement of Rape Cases : Focused on Marital Rape. Korean Journal of Social and Personality Psychology, 26(1), 47-73, https://doi.org/10.21193/kjspp.2012.26.1.004

Abstract

The present study examined the effect of peripheral cues, such as the closeness of relationship between victim-perpetrator, the observer's benevolent sexism(BS) and sex on the judgement of rape cases. In Study 1, we hypothesized that female participants who were in high BS would show more unfavorable judgement on the rape victim than males of high BS, and this tendency would be stronger when the relationship between the victim and the perpetrator became closer. To examine the hypothesis we presented the participants with one of the four different types(stranger, acquaintance, dating couple and spouse) of rape scenarios and afterwards asked them to judge on it. The result of the hierarchical regression analyses demonstrated that marital rape case was perceived less as rape, as less serious, and the perpetrator of the marital rape was imposed lighter punishment than of other rapes. Furthermore, only in the date rape case, those who were of high BS blamed the rape victim more than those who were of low BS and this tendency was stronger in females than in males. In study 2, we manipulated loyalty of the marital rape victim to her family and examined the effect of this variable on the judgement about marital rape. When the participants received the information that the victim was disloyal to her family, the observer's BS affected the judgement in different ways in terms of the observer's gender. That is,whereas high BS males showed unfavorable judgement of the victim by decreasing blame for the perpetrator,high BS females showed their unfavorable judgment of the victim by increasing blame for the victim. We discussed about the theoretical and practical implications of these results.

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강간사건 판단, 온정적 성차별주의, 부부강간, 피해자비난, the judgement of rape cases, benevolent sexism, marital rape, blaming victim

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