• DOI:10.1080/00918369.2011.540179
• Corpus ID: 22811020

Judgments Toward Male and Transgendered Victims in a Depicted Stranger Rape

@article{Davies2011JudgmentsTM,
  title={Judgments Toward Male and Transgendered Victims in a Depicted Stranger Rape},
  author={Michelle Davies and Jenefer Hudson},
  journal={Journal of Homosexuality},
  year={2011},
  volume={58},
  pages={237 - 247}
}

• M. Davies, J. Hudson
• Published 31 January 2011
• Psychology
• Journal of Homosexuality

There has been an increasing amount of research interest into perceptions of male rape in recent years. However, no research has assessed how people react when a transgendered person is raped. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of transgendered status and sexuality on victim blame and perceived severity in a depicted rape scenario. The sexuality of the victim was manipulated to include a heterosexual, homosexual, cross-dresser, female-to-male transsexual, and male-to-female transsexual. It was predicted that the heterosexual victims would be judged the most positively and that heterosexual male participants would make the most anti-victim judgments. One hundred thirty-three lesbian, gay male, and heterosexual members of the general population read a scenario depicting a rape and then completed a questionnaire measuring victim blame and perceived severity of the assault. Results conformed to the predictions. Results are discussed in relation to traditional gender roles and homophobia.