Co-occurrence of Rape Myth Acceptance, Sexism, Racism, Homophobia, Ageism, Classism, and Religious Intolerance |
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Authors: | Allison C Aosved Patricia J Long |
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Institution: | (1) National Center for PTSD, 3375 Koapaka Street, Suite I-560, Honolulu, HI 96819, USA;(2) Department of Psychology, University of La Verne, 1950 Third Street, La Verne, CA 91750, USA |
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Abstract: | Rape myth acceptance has been extensively studied. Little research is available, however, on the relationship of this variable
to other oppressive belief systems. A sample of 492 male and 506 female college students completed the Illinois Rape Myth
Acceptance Scale, the Attitudes Toward Women Scale (short form), the Neosexism Scale, the Modern and Old Fashioned Racism
Scale, the Modern Homophobia Scale, a modified version of the Economic Belief Scale, the Fraboni Scale of Ageism, and the
Marlowe–Crowne Social Desirability Scale (short form). Because there were no existing measures of intolerance toward multiple
religions, the Religious Intolerance Scale was developed for this study (using relevant items from the Godfrey Richman Isms
Scale). Findings here suggested that greater racism (both modern and old fashioned), sexism (both modern and old fashioned),
homophobia (toward both gay men and lesbians), ageism, classism, and religious intolerance were each associated with greater
rape myth acceptance. Moreover, each belief system collectively added to the prediction of rape myth acceptance, although
sexism has the highest overlap with rape myth acceptance. Although gender did not moderate the relationship between oppressive
belief systems and rape myth acceptance, results, across analyses, did indicate that men reported greater rape myth acceptance
than women did. Results point to the interrelatedness of rape myth acceptance, racism, sexism, homophobia, classism, ageism,
and religious intolerance. |
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Keywords: | Rape myth Intolerance Sexism Racism Homophobia |
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