RT Article
T1 Relatively Unworthy Victims? Middle-Aged Women as Rape Survivors
JF Violence against women
VO 30
IS 8
SP 1804
OP 1824
A1 Kwon, Minju
A2 Su, Ya
LA English
YR 2024
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1887961720
AB This study examines how the age of female survivors impacts public perceptions of rape in China. In our online survey experiment, participants consider rape as less serious when the survivor is a middle-aged woman compared to other groups of women (younger, older, or age unknown). Participants also request shorter sentencing when the survivor is a middle-aged woman than a younger woman. In China, moral codes surrounding chastity and respect for elders lead to greater emotional responses toward rape against younger and older survivors than middle-aged survivors. Our study expands studies of rape perception by theorizing public attitudes toward middle-aged survivors.
K1 China
K1 Sexual Violence
K1 Rape
K1 middle-aged women
K1 Age
DO 10.1177/10778012241243050