“…Previous research suggests that racism and sexism are related ( Aghasaleh, 2018 ; Bäckström & Björklund, 2007 ; Bergh et al., 2016 ), and may even be explained by similar underlying constructs, such as the social dominance orientation, empathy, or right-wing authoritarianism ( Bäckström & Björklund, 2007 ), indicating that racism and sexism, as well as other types of prejudices, share fundamental properties. It could be argued that a subtle form of sexism might be rape victim blaming attitudes, which have been studied in several previous studies (e.g., Canto et al., 2018 ; Donovan, 2007 ; George & Martinez, 2002 ; Katz et al., 2017 ; Sjöberg & Sarwar, 2020 ; Strömwall et al., 2014). Specifically, when asked to evaluate an ambiguous rape situation, it could be hypothesized that individuals high in racism would be more prone to blame a rape victim and exculpate the perpetrator compared to individuals low in racism.…”