RT Article T1 A Cross-National Examination of the Relationship between Gender Equality and Official Rape Rates JF International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology VO 44 IS 2 SP 204 OP 221 A1 Austin, Roy L. A1 Kim, Young S. LA English YR 2000 UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/163964198X AB Researchers often base their studies of the relationship between gender equality and rape on the claims of feminists. But feminists propose both a negative and positive relationship between these variables. This article summarizes theoretical differences between groups of feminists and uses gender equality indicators especially consistent with liberal feminists' goals to examine the relationship in question with cross-national data. A positive relationship was found, not a negative one as the limited equality goals of liberal feminists lead one to expect. Also, similar to several previous studies, homicide and rape rates are positively associated as suggested by the subculture of violence thesis K1 Feminismus K1 Vergewaltigung DO 10.1177/0306624X00442006