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TOLERANCE FOR SEXUAL HARASSMENT RELATED TO SELF-REPORTED SEXUAL VICTIMIZATION

University of Rhode Island

BERNICE LOTT

University of Rhode Island

DONNA CALDWELL

University of Rhode Island

LUISA DeLUCA

University of Rhode Island

A sample of college women and men responded to a survey assessing attitudes, beliefs, experiences, and behaviors relevant to sexual harassment and assault. Men were more tolerant of sexual harassment, more likely to believe that heterosexual relationships were adversarial, more likely to subscribe to rape myths, and more likely to admit that they might sexually assault someone under some circumstances. Data from the present study support the proposition that relevant affective, cognitive, and behavioral indices of hostile sexuality directed against women are linked, supporting the assumption of a continuum of misogyny. Significant positive correlations were predicted and found among men's self-reported tolerance for sexual harassment, adversarial sexual beliefs, rape-myth acceptance, likelihood to rape, and experience as a sexual victimizer. Among women, belief and attitude measures were positively correlated but, as predicted, experience of sexual victimization was not reliably related to any other measure, supporting the conclusion that personal characteristics are not relevant to college women's sexual victimization.

Gender & Society, Vol. 6, No. 1, 122-138 (1992)
DOI: 10.1177/089124392006001008


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