RT Article
T1 Social Media's Impact on Rape Myth Acceptance and Negative Affect in College Women: Examining the #MeToo and #HimToo Movement
JF Violence against women
VO 30
IS 6/7
SP 1498
OP 1516
A1 Nomamiukor, Faith O.
A2 Wisco, Blair E.
LA English
YR 2024
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1885428065
AB This study examined how the #MeToo movement, and backlash against it (#HimToo), influence rape myth acceptance (RMA) and negative affect among female sexual trauma survivors and controls. We randomly assigned college women (N = 389) to three social media conditions that either promoted RMA (#HimToo), challenged RMA (#MeToo), or did not address rape myths (general social media (GSM)). The findings demonstrated that women in the #HimToo condition reported more RMA, whereas women in the #MeToo and GSM conditions reported less negative affect. The results highlight that the way we talk about rape on social media influences momentary affect and RMA.
K1 MeToo
K1 Social Media
K1 Sexual Assault
K1 sexual trauma
K1 rape myth acceptance
DO 10.1177/10778012231181045