"If a girl doesn't say 'no'...": Young men, rape and claims of 'insufficient knowledge'

Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 168-193

  O'Byrne, Rachael ^a   Hansen, Susan ^b   Rapley, Mark ^c  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Date rape; Discursive psychology; Interpretative repertoires; Sexual refusal; Young men

Indexed keywords

EID: 51449113663     PISSN: 10529284     EISSN: 10991298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/casp.922     Document Type: Article

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