Favorable attitudes towards rape in a group of young men in conflict with the law
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The scientific literature has reported that a rape supportive attitude is one of the explanatory factors for sexual violence, especially against women. However, the factors underlying this type of attitude have been understudied in young people in conflict with the law. Therefore, the aim of this research was to analyze the relationship between rape supportive attitudes, knowledge and attitudes towards sex, and sexism in a group of young men in conflict with the law. The Rape Supportive Attitude Scale, the Sexual Knowledge and Attitudes Questionnaire, and the Ambivalent Sexism Inventory were administered to 84 young men between 14 and 21 years old (M = 16.69, SD= 1.23) who were complying with judicial measures in socio-educational residences in the Comunidad Valenciana. A statistically significant correlation with a positive sign was found between the rape supportive attitude and hostile (r =.38, p =.001) and benevolent sexism (r =.38, p =.001). In addition, a statistically significant relationship with a negative sign was found between rape supportive attitude and attitudes toward sexuality (r = -.36, p =.001). According to the regression analyses, both benevolent and hostile sexism were explanatory variables for rapesupportiveattitude. Both types ofsexism emerged asriskfactorsfor theseattitudes,explaining 19% of the variance. These findings highlight the need to design preventive strategies to tackle rape supportive attitude considering sexist attitudes and the gender stereotypes derived from them, in which women are perceived as an object that can be subjected to the will of men.
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