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Do community females display a propensity towards sexual aggression? An empirical assessment of prevalence and psychological predictors
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Evernden, Zak, Hales, Samuel T., Gannon, Theresa A., Best, Kyle and Pellatt-Higgins, Tracy (2023) Do community females display a propensity towards sexual aggression? An empirical assessment of prevalence and psychological predictors. Psychology, Crime & Law, 29 (1). pp. 56-82. doi:10.1080/1068316X.2021.1999948 ISSN 1068-316X.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1068316X.2021.1999948
Abstract
Objective: Despite growing interest in female sexual offending, academic understanding of community females who display a propensity towards sexual aggression (PSA) is lacking. Method: Across three vignette studies, we recruited three independent samples of community females (Noverall = 555) to assess the prevalence of female PSA towards males. We also examined whether established risk factors associated with male PSA are valid predictors of female PSA. These included ambivalent sexist attitudes, inappropriate sexual interests, non-sexual aggression, impulsivity, male rape myth acceptance, and sexual preoccupation. Results: Across studies, findings showed that between 26.9% and 44.0% of participants did not emphatically reject an interest in adult male-directed PSA. Key predictors of participants’ non-zero endorsement included an interest in violent sexual activities, rape myth acceptance, and sexual preoccupation. Conclusions: Though lower than their male counterparts (see Bohner, G., Reinhard, M. A., Rutz, S., Sturm, S., Kerschbaum, B., & Effler, D. (1998). Rape myths as neutralizing cognitions: Evidence for a causal impact of anti-victim attitudes on men’s self-reported likelihood of raping. European Journal of Social Psychology, 28(2), 257–268), some community females self-report an interest in perpetrating male-directed sexual aggression. We discuss the implications of our findings on harm prevention efforts with females, alongside avenues for future research.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Law | ||||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Violence in women , Rape -- Psychological aspects , Sex crimes, Female sex offenders, Aggressiveness | ||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Psychology, Crime & Law | ||||||||
Publisher: | Routledge | ||||||||
ISSN: | 1068-316X | ||||||||
Official Date: | 2023 | ||||||||
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Volume: | 29 | ||||||||
Number: | 1 | ||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 56-82 | ||||||||
DOI: | 10.1080/1068316X.2021.1999948 | ||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 24 March 2022 | ||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 25 March 2022 |
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