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SUBMITTER: Droogendyk L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4242515 | biostudies-literature | 2014
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Droogendyk Lisa L Wright Stephen C SC
PloS one 20141124 11
The social identity approach makes a distinction between behavior motivated by intergroup versus interpersonal identities, which may be relevant to victim blaming in the case of rape. Using a mock jury paradigm, we examined the impact of defining rape as an act of interpersonal violence (personal assault) versus intergroup violence (a "hate crime"), crossed with a manipulation describing the attacker as either an acquaintance or stranger. Defining rape in intergroup terms led to less victim blam ...[more]