A study on attitude towards rape myths and survivors of rape amongst college students in Bangalore.

Anu Sebastian; Bincy Mariyam Thankachan; Kajol D Birawat

Volume : IV, Issue : VII, July - 2015

A study on attitude towards rape myths and survivors of rape amongst college students in Bangalore.

Anu Sebastian, Bincy Mariyam Thankachan, Kajol D Birawat

Abstract :

<p>&nbsp;Rape seems to have taken a common form of violence and attitudes have been of central concern in relation to such violence. The aim of this study was to examine the current state of rape myth acceptance, attitude towards rape survivors among college students and the predictors for formation of attitude towards rape survivors. Findings based on the sample size of 275 college students showed that higher the rejection of rape myths, lower will be the unfavorable attitude towards survivors of rape. Regression analysis indicates that the variables &lsquo;She asked for it&rsquo;, &lsquo;He didn&rsquo;t mean to&rsquo; and &lsquo;She lied&rsquo; inversely predicts unfavourable attitude towards the rape survivor. Chi&ndash;square analysis showed that males are less likely to reject rape myths and have high unfavourable attitude towards rape survivors than females.</p>