The Relationship between Rape Myths and Sexual Scripts: The Social Construction of Rape

Sex Roles

Volumn 65, Issue 11-12, 2011, Pages 774-782

  Ryan, Kathryn M ^a  

^a LYCOMING COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Rape; Rape myths; Rape scripts; Sexual scripts

Indexed keywords

EID: 82255186384     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-011-0033-2     Document Type: Article

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