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Attitudes toward rape and victims of rape: A test of the feminist theory in Ghana

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posted on 2023-07-26, 14:08 authored by Kofi E. Boakye
This study explores the usefulness of the feminist theory in explaining atti- tudes 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.

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Refereed

  • Yes

Volume

24

Issue number

10

Page range

1633-1651

Publication title

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

ISSN

1552-6518

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SAGE

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  • other

Legacy posted date

2017-07-27

Legacy creation date

2017-07-19

Legacy Faculty/School/Department

ARCHIVED Faculty of Arts, Law & Social Sciences (until September 2018)

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