Attitudes Toward Rape and Victims of Rape A Test of the Feminist Theory in Ghana
Attitudes Toward Rape and Victims of Rape A Test of the Feminist Theory in Ghana
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DOI：
10.1177/0886260509331493
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发表时间：
2009-10-01
影响因子：
2.5
通讯作者：
Boakye, Kofi E.
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作者：
Boakye, Kofi E.
本研究探讨了女权主义理论在解释加纳对强奸和强奸受害者的态度方面的作用。女权主义的强奸理论认为，父权制和性别不平等是强奸的病因学和对强奸的态度的主要因素，而潜在的父权制和性别不平等是关于强奸、强奸犯和强奸受害者的性别陈规定型观念和错误信念（神话）。因此，该理论表明强奸神话与对强奸和强奸受害者的不太有利的态度之间存在关系。在加纳进行的一项调查的结果显示了对强奸的女权主义理论的一些支持：有证据表明加纳人接受强奸神话;性别在预测强奸神话接受程度方面具有重要意义;最后，教育或职业和年龄，而不是宗教，以可预测的方式与强奸神话接受程度相关。
This study explores the usefulness of the feminist theory in explaining attitudes toward rape and victims of rape in Ghana. The feminist theory of rape posits, inter alia, that patriarchy and gender inequality are major factors in the aetiology of rape and attitudes toward rape and that underlying patriarchy and gender inequality are gender stereotypes and false beliefs (myths) about rape, rapists, and victims of rape. Thus, the theory suggests a relationship between rape myths and less favorable attitudes toward rape and victims of rape. Results from a survey conducted in Ghana show some support for the feminist theory of rape: There is evidence of rape myth acceptance in Ghana; gender is significant in predicting levels of rape myth acceptance; and finally, education or profession and age, but not religion, are associated with levels of rape myth acceptance in a predictable way.