Love, suspense, sex, and violence: Men's and women's film predilections, exposure to sexually violent media, and their relationship to rape myth acceptance

Sex Roles

Volumn 55, Issue 5-6, 2006, Pages 311-320

  Emmers Sommer, Tara M ^a   Pauley, Perry ^b   Hanzal, Alesia ^c   Triplett, Laura ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Film editing; Film predilection; Gender differences; Rape myth acceptance

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845492354     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-006-9085-0     Document Type: Review

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