Perceived motivation for rape: Gender differences in beliefs about female and male rape

Current Research in Social Psychology

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2001, Pages

  Anderson, Irina ^a,b   Swainson, Victoria ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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