Rape victim blaming as system justification: The role of gender and activation of complementary stereotypes

Social Justice Research

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 239-258

  Ståhl, Tomas ^a   Eek, Daniel ^b   Kazemi, Ali ^c  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SKÖVDE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Complementary stereotypes; Modern sexism; Rape myths; System justification; Victim blaming

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650296542     PISSN: 08857466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11211-010-0117-0     Document Type: Article

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