- Collection:
- Atlanta University and Clark Atlanta University Theses and Dissertations
- Title:
- Gender differences in African-American college students' perceptions and attitudes about rape, 2006
- Creator:
- Ipadeola, Titi A.
- Date of Original:
- 2006-05-01
- Subject:
- Degrees, Academic
Dissertations, Academic - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- theses
dissertations - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- The purpose of this exploratory study was to ascertain gender differences in African-American male and female college students' perceptions and attitudes about rape. Survey research elicited information about participants' dating patterns, alcohol use,awareness of sexual violence, and opinions about rape. Although statistical significance was not calculated, gender differences were observed in participants': (a) definitions of rape, wherein females tended to view rape as a nonconsensual act and males tended to view rape as a forcible act; and (b) communication and inferences about sexual consent, wherein males more than females tended to interpret females' consent to allow fondling of intimate body parts as sexual desire and consent to sexual intercourse. Although gender differences were observed in the frequency of alcohol use, gender similarities were observed in reported dating drinking patterns in that both individuals in the couple usually drank alcohol. Additionally, gender similarities were observed in the attribution of blame on the part of the rape victim in that a majority of male and female participants indicated that careless behavior by the victim, the victim sexually teasing the perpetrator, and the way the victim was dressed contributed to forced sexual intercourse.
Degree type: dissertation
Degree name: Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Granting institution: Clark Atlanta University
Department: Department of Counceling and Psychological Services
Advisor: Frederick, Lafayette - Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/cau.td:2006_ipadeola_titi_a
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
- Rights:
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