Effects of Race and Attire on Perceptions of Sexual Experience and Intent

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This study's aim was to understand and illustrate the effects of a woman's race and attire on how men perceive her sexual experience. The results help connect to the larger problem of rape myth acceptance and the general population's blaming of an assault victim for how she was dressed. One hundred black and white male undergraduate students participated in this study about perceptions of females' sexual experiences and intent based on her attire. Participants were randomly assigned into one of four conditions. Two of the conditions had either a black or white female dressed conservatively; the other two had the same women dress in more revealing clothing. The picture was shown to participants and data was collected via short answer and Likert scale questions. Analysis took the form of coding for sexually charged language in the short answers and t-tests of the Likert scale questions.

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