RT Article
T1 Myths Concerning Sexual Violence Toward Women in Poland, Hungary, and Norway in the Context of System Justification Theory: The Role of Beliefs in the Biological Origins of Gender Differences and Ambivalent Sexism
JF Journal of interpersonal violence
VO 37
IS 17/18
A1 Łyś, Agnieszka E.
A2 Studzińska, Anna
A2 Bargiel-Matusiewicz, Kamilla
A2 Nyúl, Boglárka
A2 Folkierska-Żukowska, Monika
LA English
YR 2022
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/188415185X
AB The purpose of this study was to compare attitudes toward rape in Poland, Hungary, and Norway. Based on system justification theory, we examined whether country of origin predicts levels of rape myth acceptance, beliefs in the biological origins of gender differences, and ambivalent sexism. There is also some evidence that beliefs in the biological origins of gender differences predict rape myth among Polish students and that this relationship is mediated by hostile sexism. The current study aimed to test whether this model can be applied to other countries. Participants (N?=?266) were from Poland, Hungary, and Norway. The study was conducted online. The dependent and independent variables were measured with questionnaires. Polish participants had significantly higher levels of rape myth acceptance, beliefs in the biological origins of gender differences, and ambivalent sexism than Norwegian and Hungarian participants. Our proposed model was confirmed: belief in the biological origins of gender differences was associated with rape myth acceptance, with hostile sexism as a mediator. Benevolent sexism also turned out to be a mediator between beliefs in the biological origins of gender differences and rape myth acceptance. The mediational model of the relationship between beliefs in the biological origins of gender differences and rape myth acceptance can be applied to all three countries. This result suggests that anti-rape educational interventions should take into account the role of culture and society in the construction of gender differences.
K1 ambivalent sexism
K1 beliefs in the biological origins of gender differences
K1 gender essentialism
K1 rape myth acceptance
K1 Rape Myths
DO 10.1177/08862605211023487