: Associations of Rape-Supportive Attitudes With Fraternal and Athletic Participation
Title:      Associations of Rape-Supportive Attitudes With Fraternal and Athletic Participation
Authors:      Scot B. Boeringer
ISBN-10(13):      ODVN
Publisher:      Violence Against Women Journal, Vol. 5, No. 1, January 1999
Publication date:      January 1999
Language:      English
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Description:      Rape-supportive attitudes are examined among a sample of university athletes, fraternity members, and controls.  A sample of 477 males were recruited on a large southeasterm umiversity campus.  Comparison of mean scores indicates that fraternity men reported significantly greater agreement with five statements supportive of rape and adversarial gender beliefs than did controls.  Athletes reported significantly greater agreement with 14 rape-supportive statements than did controls.  The control group reported significantly greater agreement with two rape-supportive statements than did athletes.  Results are ecamined in light of research connecting sexual violence and rape-supportive attitudes.