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01-05-2009 | Original Article

Jews’ and Arabs’ Perceptions of Inter-Group and Intra-Group Date Rape

Author: Alina Korn

Published in: Journal of Family Violence | Issue 4/2009

Abstract

The study examined the influence of three factors on rape responsibility attributions: subjects’ gender, subjects’ ethnicity, and victim and perpetrator’s ethnicity. Participants were 247 undergraduate students in Israel (164 Jews and 83 Arabs). The most revealing findings are connected with the threefold interaction between the factors studied. It was found that Arab males and females, members of the minority ethnic group, tended to assign more responsibility to a victim involved in inter-group relationships, whereas Jewish males and females, members of the dominant majority group, attributed more responsibility to a victim involved in intra-group relationships. More specifically, Arab males attributed more responsibility to an Arab victim raped by a Jew, while Arab females attributed more responsibility to a Jewish victim raped by an Arab. Among Jews, males attributed more responsibility to an Arab victim raped by an Arab, and females attributed more responsibility to a Jewish victim raped by a Jew. Several ways to explain these interactions are suggested.

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Title: Jews’ and Arabs’ Perceptions of Inter-Group and Intra-Group Date Rape
Author: Alina Korn
Publication date: 01-05-2009
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Journal of Family Violence / Issue 4/2009
Print ISSN: 0885-7482
Electronic ISSN: 1573-2851
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10896-009-9227-6

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