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Judicibus, Margaret De; McCabe, Marita P.

doi:10.1023/a:1011926027920

Cited by 95 publications

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“…There is empirical evidence that relates Belief in a Just World to negative reactions towards people considered to be victims or in a disadvantaged situation: victims of domestic violence, poor people in the third world, the handicapped, AIDs patients, accident cases, rape victims, cancer patients, etc. (Castillo, Asún, & Aceituno, 2002;De Judicibus & McCabe, 2001;Furnham, 2003;Montada, 1998).…”

Section: Just World Beliefsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Victim Blaming and Exoneration of the Perpetrator in Domestic Violence: The Role of Beliefs in a Just World and Ambivalent Sexism

2011

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The existence of domestic violence is closely linked to several ideological factors that include sexism and other beliefs about society in general, namely the belief in a just world. In this study, which involved 485 people of both sexes aged between 18 and 70 years, we analyzed the influence of these ideological variables of the perceivers and characteristics of the situation on judgments of a gender aggression – blaming the victim and exonerating the perpetrator. Results showed differences in the reactions of observers depending on the cause that triggered the aggression. Participants blamed the victim and exonerated the aggressor more when no cause of the aggression was mentioned than when a cause was mentioned (the woman wanted to separate, to see an old male friend, or simply to take a trip with her female friends). We also found clear effects of hostile sexism and just world beliefs on the dependent variables. Results showed that the influence of just world beliefs depended on the fact of mention or not a cause for the aggression.

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Section: Just World Beliefsmentioning

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Victim Blaming and Exoneration of the Perpetrator in Domestic Violence: The Role of Beliefs in a Just World and Ambivalent Sexism

2011

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“…Those who had high benevolent sexist beliefs rated the married mother, compared to a control target, with higher blame than those with low benevolent sexist beliefs. In another study, high sexist attitudes were correlated with more blame to sexual harassment victims, as well as higher tolerance of sexual harassment and sexual harassment proclivities (De Judicibus & McCabe, 2001). Other research showed that high benevolent sexism was correlated with more blame (Abrams, Viki, Masser, & Bohner, 2003).…”

Section: Perceptions Of Abuse Victimsmentioning

confidence: 91%

Optimism and College Grades: Predicting GPA From Explanatory Style

Maleva¹,

Westcott²,

McKellop³

et al. 2014

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“…For instance, men are much less likely than women to consider derogatory remarks or dating pressure (e.g., unwanted, repeated requests for a date) as sexual harassment (see Rotundo et al, 2001). Men are also more likely than women to believe that women: fabricate or exaggerate sexualharassment claims; have ulterior motives for filing a complaint; or are to blame for being sexually harassed due to behaving or dressing in a provocative manner or failing to clearly discourage men's sexual advances (Bitton & Danit, 2013;De Judicibus & McCabe, 2001;Diehl et al, 2014;Herzog, 2007;Lonsway et al, 2008;McCabe & Hardman, 2005;Russell & Trigg, 2004).…”

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“…& McCabe, 2001). It therefore follows that an individual (either male or female) who is high in sexism or who believes in the primacy of some groups over others, would also be inclined to show greater empathy for a male perpetrator or more resistant to instructions to focus on the female-victim's perspective.…”

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Why Women Are Blamed for Being Sexually Harassed: The Effects of Empathy for Female Victims and Male Perpetrators

Bongiorno

Langbroek

Bain

et al. 2019

Psychology of Women Quarterly

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The #MeToo movement has highlighted the widespread problem of men’s sexual harassment of women. Women are typically reluctant to make a sexual-harassment complaint and often encounter victim-blaming attitudes when they do, especially from men. Informed by the social identity perspective, two experiments examined the influence of empathy—both for women who are sexually harassed and for male harassers—on men’s and women’s propensity to blame victims. In Study 1, university students ( N = 97) responded to a vignette describing a male student’s harassment of a female student. Men blamed the victim more than women, which was explained by their greater empathy for the male perpetrator but not lesser empathy for the female victim. Using the same vignette, Study 2 asked university students ( N = 135) to take either the male perpetrator’s or the female victim’s perspective. Regardless of participant gender, participants who took the male-perpetrator’s perspective versus the female-victim’s perspective reported greater victim blame, and this was explained by their greater empathy for the male perpetrator and lesser empathy for the female victim. Together, the findings provide evidence to suggest that male-perpetrator empathy may be equally or more important than female-victim empathy for explaining victim blame for sexual harassment. Implications for social change, including policies to limit the effects of male-perpetrator empathy when responding to sexual-harassment complaints are discussed. Online slides for instructors who want to use this article for teaching are available on PWQ’s website at http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/suppl/10.1177/0361684319868730

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Cited by 95 publications

References 35 publications

Victim Blaming and Exoneration of the Perpetrator in Domestic Violence: The Role of Beliefs in a Just World and Ambivalent Sexism

Victim Blaming and Exoneration of the Perpetrator in Domestic Violence: The Role of Beliefs in a Just World and Ambivalent Sexism

Optimism and College Grades: Predicting GPA From Explanatory Style

Why Women Are Blamed for Being Sexually Harassed: The Effects of Empathy for Female Victims and Male Perpetrators

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