The purpose of the current study was to explore the relationships between
Israeli gender role stereotypes, rape myths toward male and female victims,
and social distance from sex crime victims and sex offenders, according to
the observer?s sex and sexual orientation (gay men, lesbian women, and
heterosexual men and women). The data was collected during the end of 2016
and included 401 Israeli participants. A multivariate analysis of variance,
as well as series of Pearson analyses, were used to examine the differences
between groups as well as to examine the correlations between research
variables. Results broadly conformed to predictions, with men generally more
negative than women. However, people with a same-sex orientation endorse more
liberal gender role attitudes than heterosexuals. In addition, overall,
participants expressed greater willingness to maintain social contacts with
victims than with offenders. Nonetheless, only among heterosexuals
significant negative correlations between rape myths and willingness to
maintain social contacts with victims were found.
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