The scripting of male and female rape
Journal of Aggression, Conflict and Peace Research
ISSN: 1759-6599
Article publication date: 5 April 2013
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to investigate how male and female rape is scripted.
Design/methodology/approach
In total, 100 (50 male, 50 female) participants were asked to write down in their own words what they considered to be the typical rape when the victim was either an adult male or female.
Findings
Results revealed that men's and women's rape scripts did not dramatically differ, though several differences were revealed between male and female rape scripting, focussing around the gender stereotypes of men verses women.
Originality/value
Results are discussed in relation to gender role stereotyping and wider implications are considered.
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Citation
Davies, M., Walker, J., Archer, J. and Pollard, P. (2013), "The scripting of male and female rape", Journal of Aggression, Conflict and Peace Research, Vol. 5 No. 2, pp. 68-76. https://doi.org/10.1108/17596591311313663
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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