RT Article
T1 Blame and Severity Attributions in Vignette-Based Female-On-Male Rape: The Case of the Victim’s Prior Sexual Victimization, Resistance, and Sexual Arousal
JF International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology
VO 69
IS 6/7
SP 869
OP 887
A1 Tomer, Einat
A1 Guter, Michal
A2 Guter, Michal
LA English
YR 2025
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1923531204
AB This study examines blame attributions of victims and perpetrators in female-on-male rape cases and event severity attributions as affected by three victim-related variables: prior sexual victimization, resistance during the rape, and sexual arousal during the rape. It assesses the relative weight of each of these variables in determining the attribution of blame to the victim and perpetrator and the attribution of severity to the event. The study found that sexual arousal and absence of resistance correlated with higher victim blame attribution, lower perpetrator blame, and lower event severity attributions, while prior sexual victimization had the opposite correlations. We therefore conclude that blame and severity attributions are affected by the victim’s behavior prior to the rape and during the rape.
K1 Sexual arousal
K1 Resistance
K1 Victimization
K1 severity attribution
K1 blame attributions
K1 female-on-male rape
DO 10.1177/0306624X241227407