Sexual Objectification Increases Rape Victim Blame and Decreases Perceived Suffering

Psychology of Women Quarterly

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 455-461

  Loughnan, Steve ^a   Pina, Afroditi ^b   Vasquez, Eduardo A ^b   Puvia, Elisa ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

acquaintance rape; blame; impression formation; morality; objectification; social perception; victimization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887605382     PISSN: 03616843     EISSN: 14716402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0361684313485718     Document Type: Article

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