RT Article
T1 Reporting Rape: Stigmatizing Reactions to Survivors Who Seek Accountability
JF Violence against women
VO 30
IS 11
SP 3005
OP 3031
A1 Maryn, Alyssa Glace
A2 Dover, Tessa L.
LA English
YR 2024
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1898842361
AB Rape survivors face stigma when disclosing their experiences. We hypothesized that a rape survivor who formally reports their rape would experience more stigma than one who does not, and that this effect will be stronger when the perceiver is a man or low in support for sexual consent. Across two studies using self-report, observational, and psychophysiological measures, we found that a reporting survivor was seen more negatively than an identical survivor who did not report their rape. Men and those low in support for sexual consent also responded more negatively to the survivor. Implications of these findings are discussed.
K1 biopsychosocial model of challenge and threat
K1 Psychophysiology
K1 victim-blame
K1 rape disclosures
K1 rape stigma
DO 10.1177/10778012231163574